Oh, far away—yo-hay!

What moony masque, what arrogant disguise

That life should be!

THE INNER SILENCE

Noises that strive to tear

Earth’s mantle soft of air

And break upon the stillness where it dwells:

The noise of battle and the noise of prayer,

The cooing noise of love that softly tells

Joy’s brevity, the brazen noise of laughter—