• There's something quieter than sleep

    Within this inner room!

    It wears a sprig upon its breast —

    And will not tell its name.


    Some touch it, and some kiss it —

    Some chafe its idle hand —

    It has a simple gravity

    I do not understand!


    I would not weep if I were they —...

  • Though the great Waters sleep,

    That they are still the Deep,

    We cannot doubt —

    No vacillating God

    Ignited this Abode

    To put it out —