Stray whitebeam who on you his fire unladens.

And you are a glistening toadstool shining here

Among the crumpled beech-leaves phosphorescent,

My stack of white lilies burning incandescent

Of me, a soft white star among the leaves, my dear.

II

Is it with pain, my dear, that you shudder so?

Is it because I have hurt you with pain, my dear?

Did I shiver?—Nay, truly I did not know—

A dewdrop may-be splashed on my face down here.