• From “The End of Elfintown”
    *        *        *        *        *FOR this holds true—too true, alas!
    The sky that eve was clear as glass,
    Yet no man saw the Faeries pass
        Where azure pathways glisten;
    And true it is—too true, ay me—
    That nevermore on lawn or lea
    Shall mortal man a Faery see,
        Though long he look and listen....

  • Opinion is a flitting thing,

    But Truth, outlasts the Sun —

    If then we cannot own them both —

    Possess the oldest one —