REMEMBRANCE Expectant and waiting you muse On the great rare thing which alone To enhance your life

you would choose: The awa ening of the stone! The deeps where yourself you would lose" #n the dus of the shel$es! em%ossed &hine the $olumes in gold and %rowns! And you thin of countries once crossed! Of pictures! of shimmering gowns Of the women that you ha$e lost" And it comes to you then And you rise for you are Of a year in the far off (ith its wonder and fear at last'' aware past and prayer"

M)&#C (hat play you! O Boy* Through the garden it stole +i e wandering steps! li e a whisper''then mute, (hat play you! O Boy* +o- your gypsying soul #s caught and held fast in the pipes of .an/s flute" And what con0ure you* #mprisoned is the song! #t lingers and longs in the reeds where it lies, 1our young life is strong! %ut how much more strong #s the longing that through your music sighs" +et your flute %e still and your soul float through (a$es of sound formless as wa$es of the sea! 2or here your song li$ed and it wisely grew Before it was forced into melody" #ts #ts Now But wings %eat gently! its note no more calls! flight has %een spent %y you! dreaming Boyit no longer steals o$er my walls'' in my garden #/d woo it to 0oy"

MA#3EN ME+ANC4O+1 A young night comes into my mind As from some myth of old" 4e came- 1ou felt yourself entwined As a great storm would round you wind" 4e went- A %lessing undefined &eemed left! as when church'%ells declined And left you wrapt in prayer" 1ou fain would cry aloud''%ut %ind

1our scarf a%out you and tear'%lind (eep softly in its fold" A young night comes into my mind 2ull armored forth to fare" 4is smile was luminously ind +i e glint of i$ory enshrined! +i e a home longing undi$ined! +i e Christmas snows where dar ways wind! +i e sea'pearls a%out tur5uoise twined! +i e moonlight sil$er when com%ined (ith a lo$ed %oo /s rare gold"