{45} {44} ACCUSATION Out of a shadowed corner Comes a phantom of the past, To confuse me And accuse me For a vain iconoclast. To chide me And deride me In a seething scornful blast. To cheat me And defeat me, Conscience, crucifies at last. {47} {46} EVEN SONG I sing a song to the sapphire sky That curtains a sleeping earth. I sing a song to the stars on high