The jays flapped in the larch clump like blue flame.

She did not care; his letter never came.

Silent she went, nursing the grief that kills,

And Lion watched her pass among the daffodils.

IV

Time passed, but still no letter came; she ceased,

Almost, to hope, but never to expect.

The June moon came which had beheld love's feast,

Then waned, like it; the meadow-grass was flecked

With moon-daisies, which died; little she recked