Sonnets and Songs

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[Pg 31]</SPAN></span></p> <h3><SPAN name="XXIX" id="XXIX"></SPAN>XXIX</h3> <h3><i>The Pattern of the Earth</i></h3> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The pattern of the earth, so wonderful,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Is, more than myrtle, very dear to me.<br/></span> <span class="i2">Across the avenue of limes I see<br/></span> <span class="i0">A little mist by ghosts made magical,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Tossing across the hills, more beautiful<br/></span> <span class="i2">Than the deep eyes of amber women, free<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of shame and of disdain, on some far sea<br/></span> <span class="i0">Swept by trade-winds the sun makes lyrical.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">There is no air the mind may not recall,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Blown from the violet-beds of Greece; and all<br/></span> <span class="i2">The moons who drop their shattered petals here<br/></span> <span class="i0">Live from the days which hid Semiramis.<br/></span> <span class="i2">Breezes upon my lips are subtly dear,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Because they bear the burden of her kiss.<br/></span></div> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />