In the ages glad
Long ago!
[The following exquisite lines are suggestive, and in strong contrast with the familiar rollicking stanzas in the serio-comic “Biglow Papers.”]
Longing.
The thing we long for, that we are,
For one transcendent moment,
Before the present poor and bare
Can make its sneering comment.
Still, through our paltry stir and strife
Glows down the wished ideal,