With life, and promise that the time is nigh

That crowds or things no longer may subdue,

When the dull futile body that is I

Shall feel the quickening spirit that is you.


T. W. EARP

THE CANAL

When you're tired of books and the dusty, well-known room

It's good to put on a gown and go for a walk,

Taking deep breaths and smelling the hawthorn bloom