I kiss her with the lips of flowers.

The hound and I are on her trail,

The wind and I uplift her veil;

As if the calm, cold moon she were,

And I the tide, I follow her.

As unrebuked as they, I share

The license of the sun and air,

And in a common homage hide

My worship from her scorn and pride.

World-wide apart, and yet so near,