Deny our parents in our deeds to-day.

Let us awake—obedient to our dreams,

Let us embrace huge issues, comprehending

The scheme entire—Great Beauty’s birth, which seems

The glorious urge for life, unchecked, unending.


THE MONK IN HIS GARDEN

The air is heavy with a mist of spice,

Vervain and agrimony, clove and rue,

Have I not paid, have I not paid the price?