Streamed in a wolfish pack.

"It happened that the sun found something red

Among the Judas-blossoms where Youth lay

Upon his face; a crow was on his head,

And desert dogs began to sniff and bay

At something in his back.

"It happened that none ever knew Her fate—

Except that She was never heard of more—

Save One, and two that through a secret gate—

Perhaps they knew—a struggling burden bore.