As the still and fragrant air that lingers

On a bed of falling petals.


PSALM

My beloved is a well of clear waters,

To which I have come at noontide,

From the land of the Abomination of Desolation,

From the lion-dreaded waste,

Where nothing dwelleth but the inconsolable crying of an evil wind,

And the wandering realms and cities of the wide mirage;