Dear will thy footfall be nearing my door.

How the glad tears will give vent at thy coming,

Wayward or sad-heart to wander no more!"

V

Morning and midday I wander, and evening,

April and harvest and golden fall;

Seaway or hillward, taut sheet or saddle-bow,

Only the night wind brings solace at all.

Then when the tide of all being and beauty

Ebbs to the utmost before the first dawn,