There came whisperings in the wind… “Good-bye! Good-bye!” Little voices called in the darkne… “Good-bye! Good-bye!” Then I stretched forth my arms.

I met a seer. He held in his hands The book of wisdom. “Sir,” I addressed him, “Let me read.”

Do not weep, maiden, for war is ki… Because your lover threw wild hand… And the affrighted steed ran on al… Do not weep. War is kind.

In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it.

Once there was a man - Oh, so wise! In all drink He detected the bitter, And in all touch

I looked here; I looked there; Nowhere could I see my love. And—this time— She was in my heart.

There was set before me a mighty h… And long days I climbed Through regions of snow. When I had before me the summit-v… It seemed that my labour

Behold, the grave of a wicked man, And near it, a stern spirit. There came a drooping maid with vi… But the spirit grasped her arm. “No flowers for him,” he said.

And you love me I love you. You are, then, cold coward. Aye; but, beloved, When I strive to come to you,

Why do you strive for greatness, f… Go pluck a bough and wear it. It is as sufficing. My Lord, there are certain barbar… Who tilt their noses

Black riders came from the sea. There was clang and clang of spear… And clash and clash of hoof and he… Wild shouts and the wave of hair In the rush upon the wind:

Blustering God, Stamping across the sky With loud swagger, I fear You not. No, though from Your highest heav…

To the maiden The sea was blue meadow, Alive with little froth-people Singing. To the sailor, wrecked,

If I should cast off this tattere… And go free into the mighty sky; If I should find nothing there But a vast blue, Echoless, ignorant—