I loved a work of dreams that bloomed from Art;

A town and her turrets rose

As from the red heart

Of the couchant suns where the west wind blows

And worlds lie apart.

Calm slept the sea-flats; beneath the blue dome

Copper and gold and alabaster gleamed,

And sea-birds came home.

But I woke in a sorrowful day;

The vision was scattered away.