An Augury + 

Upon my desk a single spray, + 

With starry blossoms fraught. + 

I write in many an idle way, + 

Thinking one serious thought. + 

“O flowers, a fine Greek name ye bear, + 

And with a fine Greek grace.” + 

(Be still, O heart, that turns to share + 

The sunshine of a face.) + 

“Have ye no messages⁠—no brief, + 

Still sign: ‘Despair,’ or ‘Hope’?” + 

A sudden stir of stem and leaf⁠— + 

A breath of heliotrope! + 