Life + 

The child pursuing lizards in the grass, + 

The sage, who deep in central nature delves, + 

The preacher watching for the evil hour to pass, + 

All these are souls that fly from their dread selves. + 

The squirrel yonder, hushed and wise + 

Forswears his wandering ’mong the pine, + 

And wherefore, then, should thy grey eyes + 

Wander away from mine? + 

The talking winds have found their home, + 

Eve-soothed in some far leafy rest, + 

And wherefore should thy bright brow roam + 

Madonna from my breast? + 

A little while and⁠—red eve dies⁠— + 

Our love shall be of yesterday, + 

Ah, let us kiss each other’s eyes, + 

And laugh our love away. + 

“I laughed upon the lips of Sophocles, + 

I go as soft as folly; I am Fate.” + 

This heard I where among the apple trees, + 

Wild indolence and music have no date. + 