VISION OF THE LETHE-DRINKER


IN a garden that had fallen out of Time

The pristine lily grew,

Beside a stream ; and roses in their prime,

Braziers of ruby, had embalmed the air

Through which no wing of darkening sorrow flew,—

But humming-birds, dream-hovering everywhere,

Had fled the tear-wet rainbow bough of Time.


December 8, 1934


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