Voice on the Wind, and Other Poems

<h2><SPAN name="COMMUNICANTS" id="COMMUNICANTS"></SPAN>COMMUNICANTS</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Who knows the things they dream, alas!<br/></span> <span class="i1">Or feel, who lie beneath the ground?<br/></span> <span class="i0">Perhaps the flowers, the leaves, and grass<br/></span> <span class="i1">That close them round.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">In spring the violets may spell<br/></span> <span class="i1">The moods of them we know not of;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Or lilies sweetly syllable<br/></span> <span class="i1">Their thoughts of love<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Haply, in summer, dew and scent<br/></span> <span class="i1">Of all they feel may be a part;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Each red rose be the testament<br/></span> <span class="i1">Of some rich heart.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The winds of fall be utterance,<br/></span> <span class="i1">Perhaps, of saddest things they say;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Wild leaves may word some dead romance<br/></span> <span class="i1">In some dim way.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">In winter all their sleep profound<br/></span> <span class="i1">Through frost may speak to grass and stream;<br/></span> <span class="i0">The snow may be the silent sound<br/></span> <span class="i1">Of all they dream.<br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[Pg 61]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />