Hard in their beauty, laughing thro' their days;

Their fine indifference is out of tune.

In the dark paths we tread in hope and fear

Look we to Autumn and her gracious ways,

The great last swan-song of the dying year.

[THE TIDE OF THE HEART]

Love, when you leave me, as with moon-bent tide

The glad waves leave the beaches of my heart;

Slowly and indolently they depart

Ripple by ripple, till the light has died