As Watchers hang opon the East –
As Beggars revel at a feast
By savory fancy spread –
As Brooks in Deserts, babble sweet
On Ear too far for the delight –
Heaven beguiles the tired.
As that same Watcher when the East
Opens the lid of Amethyst
And lets the morning go –
That Beggar, when an honored Guest –
Those thirsty lips to flagons pressed –
Heaven to us, if true.
Her breast is fit for pearls,
But I was not a ′′Diver.′′
Her brow is fit for thrones –
But I had not a crest.
Her heart is fit for rest–⠿+⠿ home –
I – a sparrow – build there
Sweet of twigs and twine
My perennial nest.
But I was not a ′′Diver.′′
Her brow is fit for thrones –
But I had not a crest.
Her heart is fit for rest
I – a sparrow – build there
Sweet of twigs and twine
My perennial nest.