Voice on the Wind, and Other Poems

<h2><SPAN name="ALLUREMENT" id="ALLUREMENT"></SPAN>ALLUREMENT</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Across the world she sends me word,<br/></span> <span class="i0">From gardens fair as Falerina's,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Now by a blossom, now a bird,<br/></span> <span class="i0">To come to her, who long has lured<br/></span> <span class="i0">With magic sweeter than Alcina's.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">I know not what her word may mean,<br/></span> <span class="i0">I know not what may mean the voices<br/></span> <span class="i0">She sends as messengers serene,<br/></span> <span class="i0">That through the silvery silence lean,<br/></span> <span class="i0">To tell me where her heart rejoices.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">But I must go! I must away!<br/></span> <span class="i0">Must take the path that is appointed!<br/></span> <span class="i0">God grant I find her realm some day!<br/></span> <span class="i0">Where, by her love, as by a ray,<br/></span> <span class="i0">My soul shall be anointed.<br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[Pg 73]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />