So break thy ice-bound heart, and the cold lip’s silence—

Praise Kunæ for life, as wings up-flying, as eagles to the sun.

Praise! Praise! Praise!

SONG OF WHIP-PLAITING

In the dawn I gathered cedar-boughs

For the plaiting of thy whip.

They were wet with sweet drops;

They still thought of the night.

All alone I shredded cedar-boughs,

Green boughs in the pale light,