Their lives are one exquisite tea—with the lamp unlit,

In autumn and winter. In summer a rose

Climbs in through the open window, caressing it;

And always there are petit-fours, music, and dreams—and repose.

III

Fields where the ugly, with divine-grown eyes

Bloom all to beauty of soft look and word.

Trees, amorous trees, that fold maternal arms

Over joined lips, and halting vows half-heard.

IV