But if it be so—Hour, too-perfect Hour,

Ah, blow not full, though all the yearning days

Should tremble bud-like, since the wind must shower

Thine unreturning grace along the ways!

THE INN OF THE STAR

When the Old Year plods down

Toward the end of the hill,

Where the white little town

Lies asleep, wonder-still,

Then he mends his dull pace,