Nor conjure thee by dusk or dawning farlight,

Nor name thy myriad virtues one by one.

Such singing never lay within my power;

I cannot call thee dear names others call.

Only in memory from hour to hour

I weave the loveliness thou lettest fall

Unheeded, gathering up the twisted strands

Of a tired heart, made silken in thy hands.

FRANK D. ASHBURN.