• Broad bars of sunset-slanted gold
      Are laid along the field, and here
    The silence sings, as if some old
      Refrain, that once rang long and clear,
      Came softly, stealing to the ear
    Without the aid of sound. The rill
      Is voiceless, and the grass is sere,
    But beauty’s soul abideth still.

    Trance-like, the mellow air doth hold...