I hear a robin singing—not as one

That calls unto his mate, uncomforted—

But as one sings a welcome to the sun.


A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE THE FALL WAS DONE

A LITTLE while before the fall was done

A day came when the frail year paused and said:

"Behold! a little while and I am dead;

Wilt thou not choose, of all the old dreams, one?"

Then dwelt I in a garden, where the sun