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Songs of an Empty House

1883-1928


Vista

Before I die I may be great,
         The chanting guest of kings,
A queen in wonderlands of song
         Where every blossom sings.
I may put on a golden gown
         And walk in sunny light,
Carrying in my hair the day,
         And in my eyes the night.

It may be men will honor me --
         The wistful ones and wise,
Who know the ruth of victory,
         The joy of sacrifice.
I may be rich, I may be gay,
         But all the crowns grow old --
The laurel withers and the bay
         And dully rusts the gold.

Before I die I may break bread
         With many queens and kings --
Oh, take the golden gown away,
         For there are other things --
And I shall miss the love of babes
         With flesh of rose and pearl,
The dewy eyes, the budded lips --
         A boy, a little girl.

The End

My father got me strong and straight and slim,
         And I give thanks to him;
My mother bore me glad and sound and sweet, --
         I kiss her feet.

But now, with me, their generation fails,
         And nevermore avails
To cast through me the ancient mould again,
         Such women and men.

I have no son, whose life of flesh and fire
         Sprang from my splendid sire,
No daughter for whose soul my mother's flesh
         Wrought raiment fresh.

Life's venerable rhythms like a flood
         Beat in my brain and blood,
Crying from all the generations past,
         "Is this the last?"

And I make answer to my haughty dead,
         Who made me, heart and head,
"Even the sunbeams falter, flicker and bend --
         I am the end."


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