Swedes + 

They have taken the gable from the roof of clay + 

On the long swede pile. They have let in the sun + 

To the white and gold and purple of curled fronds + 

Unsunned. It is a sight more tender-gorgeous + 

At the wood-corner where Winter moans and drips + 

Than when, in the Valley of the Tombs of Kings, + 

A boy crawls down into a Pharaoh’s tomb + 

And, first of Christian men, beholds the mummy, + 

God and monkey, chariot and throne and vase, + 

Blue pottery, alabaster, and gold. + 

But dreamless long-dead Amen-hotep lies. + 

This is a dream of Winter, sweet as Spring. + 