Air and sky are swathed in
Fold on fold,
Light glows through the trees like wine.
Earth, sun-quickened, swoons for bliss'Neath his kiss,
Breathless in a trance divine.
Nature pauses from her task,
Just to
In these lull'd transfigured hours.
The green leaf nor stays nor goes,
But it
Royaler than mid-June's flowers.
Such impassioned silence
All the
Burning with unflickering fire—Such a blood-red splendor
The leaves' veins,
Life seems one fulfilled desire.
While earth, sea, and heavens shine,
Heart of mine,
Say, what art thou waiting for?
Shall the cup ne'er reach the lip,
But still
Till the life-long thirst give o'er?
Shall my soul, no frosts may tame,
Catch new
From the incandescent air?
In this nuptial joy apart,
Oh my heart,
Whither shall we lonely fare?
Seek some dusky, twilight spot,
Quite
Of the Autumn's Bacchic fire.
Where soft mists and shadows sleep,
There
Barren longing's vain desire.
