Whereon by moonlight, in a marble room,

Some fevered king reposes all alone—

So is the hope of sleep,

The inalienable surety of the tomb.


A PSALM TO THE BEST BELOVED

Thou comfortest me with the manna of thy love,

And the kisses of thy mouth are wine and sustenance;

Thy lips are grateful as fruit

In lonely orchards by the wayside of a ruinous land;