They who were glad to know
The sorrow of her snow,
Of her wild winds the woe;

The magic of her light,
The passion of her night,
And of her death the might;

They who had tears and sighs
For every bud that dies
While the dew on it lies;

They who had utterance for
Each warm, rose-hearted star
That stammers from afar;

The demon of vast seas,
The lips of lyric trees,
Lays of sonorous bees;

The fragrance-fays that dower
Each wildwood bosk and bower
With its faint musk of flower;

Of Time the feverish flight;
Earth, man, and, last, man's right
To thee, O Infinite!


FAIRIES.