THE LAST SYLLABLE


HUSHED hearkening for the footfalls of the Sun

Before the dawn-note nears ;

Peering down ways Eternity may run

On infant feet of years ;

Surmise of gladness beyond the further hills,

Of proud-swung peals unheard :

Earth saved by the last syllable that fills

The time-span of the Word.


October 4, 1936.


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