A kiss, a sigh, and blinding tears,—
Yet ever after in the wind,
The bird-like music of the spheres!
Frank S. Williamson.
This is from the author’s “Purple and Gold,” a book of poems published in Melbourne (Thomas C. Lothian, publisher).
No indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as respectable selfishness.
G. MacDonald (Robert Falconer).