The shadowed thing that happened to play

Behind the back of the glorious earth.

Alas, they thought it was all the worth

Of the whole wide world, the glorious world.

But the folded wings were not unfurled

And closed to use they lost the call,

And so they lost to them their all.

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THE CHALICE (To E. H.)

The chalice of a lily cup

Is indeed the sacrament

That Mother Nature uses

When she communes with God.

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SOLICITUDE

On the sands of a happy shore,

Walked two lovers, hand in hand,

Leaving all that’s gone before.

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