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Pierrot was singing； singing；
I heard his lute the whole night thru
Until the east was red。
Alas； alas； Pierrot；
I had no rose for flinging
Save one that drank my tears for dew
Before its leaves were dead。
I found it in the darkness；
I kissed it once and threw it；
The petals scattered over him；
His song was turned to joy；
And he will never know
Alas； the one who knew it！
The rose was plucked when dusk was dim
Beside a laughing boy。
DREAMS
I GAVE my life to another lover；
I gave my love； and all； and all
But over a dream the past will hover；
Out of a dream the past will call。
I tear myself from sleep with a shiver
But on my breast a kiss is hot；
And by my bed the ghostly giver
Is waiting tho' I see him not。
〃I AM NOT YOURS 〃
I AM not yours； not lost in you；
Not lost； altho' I long to be
Lost as a candle lit at noon；
Lost as a snow…flake in the sea。
You love me； and I find you still
A spirit beautiful and bright；
Yet I am I； who long to be
Lost as a light is lost in light。
Oh plunge me deep in loveput out
My senses； leave me deaf and blind；
Swept by the tempest of your love；
A taper in a rushing wind。
PIERROT'S SONG
（For a picture by Dugald Walker）
LADY； light in the east hangs low；
Draw your veils of dream apart；
Under the casement stands Pierrot
Making a song to ease his heart。
（Yet do not break the song too soon
I love to sing in the paling moon。）
The petals are falling； heavy with dew；
The stars have fainted out of the sky；
Come to me； come； or else I too；
Faint with the weight of love will die。
（She comesalas； I hoped to make
Another stanza for her sake！）
NIGHT IN ARIZONA
THE moon is a charring ember
Dying into the dark；
Off in the crouching mountains
Coyotes bark。
The stars are heavy in heaven；
Too great for the sky to hold
What if they fell and shattered
The earth with gold？
No lights are over the mesa；
The wind is hard and wild；
I stand at the darkened window
And cry like a child。
DUSK IN WAR TIME
A HALF…HOUR more and you will lean
To gather me close in the old sweet way
But oh； to the woman over the sea
Who will come at the close of day？
A half…hour more and I will hear
The key in the latch and the strong quick tread
But oh； the woman over the sea
Waiting at dusk for one who is dead！
SPRING IN WAR TIME
I FEEL the Spring far off； far off；
The faint far scent of bud and leaf
Oh how can Spring take heart to come
To a world in grief；
Deep grief？
The sun turns north； the days grow long；
Later the evening star grows bright
How can the daylight linger on
For men to fight；
Still fight？
The grass is waking in the ground；
Soon it will rise and blow in waves
How can it have the heart to sway
Over the graves；
New graves？
RIVERS TO THE SEA
Under the boughs where lovers walked
The apple…blooms will shed their breath
But what of all the lovers now
Parted by death；
Gray Death？
WHILE I MAY
WIND and hail and veering rain；
Driven mist that veils the day；
Soul's distress and body's pain；
I would bear you while I may。
I would love you if I might；
For so soon my life will be
Buried in a lasting night；
Even pain denied to me。
DEBT
WHAT do I owe to you
Who loved me deep and long？
You never gave my spirit wings
Or gave my heart a song。
But oh； to him I loved
Who loved me not at all；
I owe the little open gate
That led thru heaven's wall。
FROM THE NORTH
THE northern woods are delicately sweet；
The lake is folded softly by the shore；
But I am restless for the subway's roar；
The thunder and the hurrying of feet。
I try to sleep； but still my eyelids beat
Against the image of the tower that bore
Me high aloft； as if thru heaven's door
I watched the world from God's unshaken seat。
I would go back and breathe with quickened sense
The tunnel's strong hot breath of powdered steel；
But at the ferries I should leave the tense
Dark air behind； and I should mount and be
One among many who are thrilled to feel
The first keen sea…breath from the open sea。
THE LIGHTS OF NEW YORK
THE lightning spun your garment for the night
Of silver filaments with fire shot thru；
A broidery of lamps that lit for you
The steadfast splendor of enduring light。
The moon drifts dimly in the heaven's height；
Watching with wonder how the earth she knew
That lay so long wrapped deep in dark and dew；
Should wear upon her breast a star so white。
The festivals of Babylon were dark
With flaring flambeaux that the wind blew down；
The Saturnalia were a wild boy's lark
With rain…quenched torches dripping thru the town
But you have found a god and filched from him
A fire that neither wind nor rain can dim。
SEA LONGING
A THOUSAND miles beyond this sun…steeped wall
Somewhere the waves creep cool along the sand；
The ebbing tide forsakes the listless land
With the old murmur； long and musical；
The windy waves mount up and curve and fall；
And round the rocks the foam blows up like snow；
Tho' I am inland far； I hear and know；
For I was born the sea's eternal thrall。
I would that I were there and over me
The cold insistence of the tide would roll；
Quenching this burning thing men call the soul；
Then with the ebbing I should drift and be
Less than the smallest shell along the shoal；
Less than the sea…gulls calling to the sea。
THE RIVER
I CAME from the sunny valleys
And sought for the open sea；
For I thought in its gray expanses
My peace would come to me。
I came at last to the ocean
And found it wild and black；
And I cried to the windless valleys；
〃Be kind and take me back！〃
But the thirsty tide ran inland；
And the salt waves drank of me；
And I who was fresh as the rainfall
Am bitter as the sea。
LEAVES
ONE by one； like leaves from a tree；
All my faiths have forsaken me；
But the stars above my head
Burn in white and delicate red；
And beneath my feet the earth
Brings the sturdy grass to birth。
I who was content to be
But a silken…singing tree；
But a rustle of delight
In the wistful heart of night
I have lost the leaves that knew
Touch of rain and weight of dew。
Blinded by a leafy crown
I looked neither up nor down
But the little leaves that die
Have left me room to see the sky；
Now for the first time I know
Stars above and earth b