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     FORMAL察         quaint察  precise察   and    trim察     You      begin    your    steps 

demurely There's a spirit almost prim               In the feet that move so surely察

So      discreetly察   to    the    chime      Of    the    music      that    so    sweetly 

Marks the time。 

     But   the   chords    begin   to  tinkle                              Quicker察    And 



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your feet   they  flash and   flicker                             Twinkle   Flash 

and flutter to a tricksy                              Fickle meter察And you foot it 

like a pixie                             Only fleeter 

    Now our current察dowdy                                   Things 

     ;Turkey´trots;     and   rowdy                               Flings    For   they 

made you overseas In politer times than these察In an age when grace could 

please察                            Ere St。 Vitus Clutched and shook us察spine 

and knees察      Loosed a plague of jerks to smite us 

     Well察our day is far more brisk         And our manner rather slacker察And 

you    are   nothing   more   than   bisque                            And    lacquer 

But    you    shame    us   with   the  graces    Of   courtlier   times   and    places 

When the cheap And vulgar wasn't ;art;              When the faunal prance and 

leap                             Weren't ;smart。; 

     Have    we   lost  the  trick  of  wedding                              Grace     to 

pleasure拭  Must   we   clown   it   at   the   bidding Of   some   tawdry察  common 

measure拭

     Can't   you   school   us   in   the   graces   Of   your   pose   and   dainty   paces拭

Now the chords begin to tinkle                                  Quicker And your 

feet   they   flash  and  flicker                            Twinkle     And   you 

mock us as you featly         Swing and flutter to the chime Of the music´box 

that sweetly                              Marks the time 



                  LOWER NEW YORKA STORM 



     WHITE      wing'd    below    the  darkling   clouds     The    driven   sea´gulls 

wheel察The roused sea flings a storm against               The towers of stone and 

steel。 

     The    very   voice  of  ocean   rings     Along    the   shaken   street  Dusk察

storm察and beauty whelm the world             Where sea and city meet 

     But what care they for flashing wings察           Quick beauty察loud refrain察

These huddled thousands察deaf and blind             To all but greed and gain拭



                                    AT SUNSET 



     THE   sun´god   stooped   from   out   the   sky     To   kiss   the   flushing   sea察



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While   all   the   winds   of   all   the   world Made   jovial   melody察  The   night 

came     hurrying   up   to  hide    The    lovers   with  her  tent察 The   governed 

thunders察rank on   rank察      Stood mute   with wonderment察The pale   worn 

moon察a jealous shade察        Peered from the firmament察The early stars察the 

curious   stars察   Came   peering   forth   to   see   What   mighty   nuptials   shook 

the world       With such an ecstasy Whenas the sun´god left the sky                To 

mingle with the sea。 



                            A CHRISTMAS GIFT 



     ALACK´A´DAY for poverty What jewels my mind 



                              doth give to thee 



    Carved   agate   stone   porphyrogene察  Green   emerald   and   beryl   green察

Deep sapphine and pale amethyst察Sly opal察cloaking with a mist The levin 

of its love elate察Shy brides' pearls察flushed and delicate察Sea´colored lapis 

lazuli察Sardonyx   and chalcedony察 Enkindling  diamond察candid   gold察 Red 

rubies and red garnets bold此And all their humors should be blent               In one 

intolerable    blaze察 Barbaric察   fierce察 and  opulent察    To    dazzle   him   that 

dared to gaze 

    Alack´a´day for poverty此My rhymes are all you get of me Yet察if your 

heart receive察behold The worthless words are set in gold。 



                                        SILVIA 



    I STILL remember how she moved Among the rathe察wild blooms she 

loved察  。When   Spring   came   tip´toe   down   the   slopes察Atremble   'twixt   her 

doubts and hopes察Half fearful and all virginal How Silvia sought this 

dell   to  call  Her   flowers   into  full  festival察 And    chid  them    with   this 

madrigal此

     ;The busy spider hangs the brush           With filmy gossamers察The frogs 

are  croaking in   the  creek察     The  sluggish   blacksnake stirs察  But   still   the 

ground is bare of bloom         Beneath the fragrant firs。 



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     ;Arise察   arise察 O  briar   rose察   And     sleepy   violet  Awake察    awake察

anemone察       Your wintry dreams forget 

    For shame察you tardy marigold察           Are you not budded yet拭

     ;The Swallow's back察and claims the eaves               That last year were his 

home察The Robin follows where the plow                Breaks up the crusted loam察

And Red´wings spies the Thrush and pipes此               'Look     Speckle´breast is 

come' 

     ;Up察blooms and storm the wooded slopes察               The lowlands and the 

plain Blow察jonquil察blow your golden horn              Across the ranks of rain 

To arms to arms and put to flight          The Winter's broken train ─

     She paused beside this selfsame rill察And as she ceased察a daffodil Held 

up reproachfully his head And fluttered into speech察and said此

     ;Chide not the flowers       You little know Of all their travail 'neath the 

snow察

       Their   struggling   hours   Of   choking   sorrow   underground。         Chide 

not   the   flowers   You   little   guess   of   that   profound And   blind察  dumb 

agony of ours           Yet察victor here beside the rill察I greet the light that I 

have found察         A Daffodil ─

    And when the Daffodil was done A boastful Marigold spake on此

     ;Oh察chide the white frost察if you choose察The heavy clod察so hard to 

loose察     The preying powers Of worm and insect underground。                   Chide 

not the flowers For spite of scathe and cruel wound察              Unconquered by 

the  sunless   hours察       I   rise   in   regal   pride察  a   bold And   golden´hearted察

golden´crowned            Marsh Marigold ─

    And when she came no more察her creek Would not believe察but bade us 

seek 

    Hither察yon察and to and fro Everywhere that children go               When the 

Spring      Is on the wing And the winds of April blow ;I will never think 

her dead察 She will come again ─it said察And then the birds that use the 

vale察Broken´hearted察turned the tale Into syllables of song And chirped it 

half a summer long此

     ;Silvia察  Silvia察   Be   our   Song   once   more察  Our   vale   revisit察  Silvia察

And be our Song once more此For joy lies sleeping in the lute察The merry 

pipe察  the   woodland   flute察  And   all   the   pleading   reeds   are   mute That 



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breathed to thee of yore。 

     ;Silvia察Silvia察     Be our Moon again察

     Shine on our   valley察 Silvia察And   be our Moon   again此The   fluffy  owl 

and nightingale Flit silent through the darkling vale察Or utter only words 

of wail      From throats all harsh with pain。 

     ;Silvia察  Silvia察    Be   Springtime察  as   of   old察  Come   clad   in   laughter察

Silvia察     Our   Springtime察  as   of   old此The   waiting   lowlands   and   the   hills 

Are tremulous with daffodils Unblown察until thy footstep thrills                     Their 

promise into gold。; 

     And察musing on her here察I too Must wonder if it can be true She died察

as other mortals do。 The thought would fit her more察to feign                   That察full 

of life and unaware That earth holds aught of grief or stain察                 The fairies 

stole and hold her where Death enters not察nor strife nor pain察

     That察drowsing on some bed of pansies察By Titania's necromancies Her 

senses were to slumber lulled察Deeply sunken察steeped and dulled察                     And 

by   wafture   of   swift   pinions   She   was   borne   out   through   earth's   portals 

To the fairy queen's dominions察To some land of the immortals。 

       THE EXPLORERS 

     AND      some    still  cry此  What    is  the  use拭     The    service    rendered拭

What the gain拭Heroic察yesbut in what cause拭                  Have they made less 

one   earth´borne

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