The sweetly wasting rose, the dawns and stars that wane—

Knowing these things, the desolate heart and soul are fain

Of the one perfect sleep which filleth, foldeth all.


ASHES OF SUNSET

Who fares to find the sunset ere it fly,

Turning to light and fire the further west,

Shall have the veils of twilight for his quest,

And all the falling of an ashen sky.

On lands he shall not know, the splendour lies—