It rose from matted trees that sever

The oats from the meadow, and woke the fillies

That reared in dew and gleamed with dew

And ran like water and shadow, and cried.

It moistened and veiled the oats yet new,

And seemed to drip long drops of the tide,

Of the mother-sea so lately left.

Feathers of flower were each bereft

Of color and stem, and floated low;

Another lily opened then