Shone there as always. They were never gone,

Those two, while August lasted; and while summer

Saddened on the stalk.

For rust had bent

The hayheads while he dreamed, and far to north

The feet of fall were coming. Daniel rose

Each day a wearier man, yet not apostate

Ever to his black anvil, where with the smith

He lost himself in lessons hot and cold.

And still the woman came to call him in.