“Holy Ground”

“Old Porte Cochere, with Memories Dear Thou Teemest!”

The Unreplaced Slats on Which the Author Communed

Still stands the selfsame Whitestone station,

So sombre as night’s shades fall;

At its north front do still halt trains,

While brakemen “Whitestone! Whitestone!” call.

My trysting-place in nineteen three