My soundless crevasses,
My rivers unseen,
My glow that surpasses
In azure and green
The rocks and the grasses.
Above, I am queen.
These know thee ; I know thee, O master, I hear and obey.
I follow thy lyrical sway.
CORPHEUS
O tenderest child
And phantom of day!
Gleam fitful and wild
On the flowery way !
Blue skies reconciled
To the kisses of clay!
Come forth! I invoke thee,O dew! The maiden must
hear and obey.
THE DEW
Life trembling on leaves,
Sunrise shed in tears,
Love’s arrow that cleaves
The veil of the years,
Light gathered in sheaves
Of tenderest fears
As dayspring enweaves
My soul into spheres—
I hear, and I nestle upon thee, O lyrist supreme,
Light loves in a dream.
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