W. R. CHILDE

LES HALLUCINÉS

This is the singing of the sons of Hâli,

As they stand at their booth-doors when brazen eve

Covers the city of Chrysopolis

Like the vast cup of an inverted flower,

And into the pale blue cope of marble twilight

Steal up men's souls like incense strange and pure.

"This is the singing of the sons of Hâli,