A year ago on this very day! 5
II.
The air broke into a mist with bells,
The old walls rocked with the crowds and cries,
Had I said, “Good folk, mere noise repels—
But give me your sun from yonder skies!”
They had answered, “And afterward, what else?” 10
III.
Alack, it was I who leaped at the sun,
To give it my loving friends to keep.