Poems

<h2><SPAN name="ECHOES" id="ECHOES"></SPAN>ECHOES.</h2> <div class='center'> <table summary="" rules="cols" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align='left'> <div class="poemt"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="dropcap">A</span> BREATH<br/></span> <span class="i2a">And a sigh,&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">How we fly<br/></span> <span class="i0">From Death!<br/></span></div> </div> </td> <td align='left'> <div class="poemt"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">A breath<br/></span> <span class="i2">And a sigh,&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">How we fly<br/></span> <span class="i0">From Death!<br/></span></div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align='left'> <div class="poemt"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">A palm<br/></span> <span class="i2">Warm pressed,<br/></span> <span class="i2">As we guessed<br/></span> <span class="i0">Love's psalm.<br/></span></div> </div> </td> <td align='left'> <div class="poemt"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Sing on<br/></span> <span class="i2">O our bird!<br/></span> <span class="i2">Thou art heard<br/></span> <span class="i0">Alone.<br/></span></div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align='left'> <div class="poemt"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">A word<br/></span> <span class="i2">Breathed close,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And then rose<br/></span> <span class="i0">The bird<br/></span></div> </div> </td> <td align='left'> <div class="poemt"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">We know<br/></span> <span class="i2">No life,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Neither strife,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Nor woe,<br/></span></div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align='left'> <div class="poemt"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">That cowers<br/></span> <span class="i2">In the wood<br/></span> <span class="i2">'Mid a flood<br/></span> <span class="i0">Of flowers,<br/></span></div> </div> </td> <td align='left'> <div class="poemt"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Nor aught<br/></span> <span class="i2">But this hour,&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">Love's dower<br/></span> <span class="i0">Dear bought.&mdash;<br/></span></div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align='left'> <div class="poemt"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Till Love's<br/></span> <span class="i2">Heart sighs,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Like the cries<br/></span> <span class="i0">Of doves,&mdash;<br/></span></div> </div> </td> <td align='left'> <div class="poemt"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Death's voice<br/></span> <span class="i2">Is away,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And we may<br/></span> <span class="i0">Rejoice.<br/></span></div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align='left'> <div class="poemt"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Then sings<br/></span> <span class="i2">His song,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Beating strong<br/></span> <span class="i0">White wings,&mdash;<br/></span></div> </div> </td> <td align='left'> <div class="poemt"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The bird<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of our song<br/></span> <span class="i2">May be long<br/></span> <span class="i0">Unheard,<br/></span></div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align='left'> <div class="poemt"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Heart clear<br/></span> <span class="i2">Though faint,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Like a saint<br/></span> <span class="i0">In prayer.&mdash;<br/></span></div> </div> </td> <td align='left'> <div class="poemt"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">But, Dear,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Bend low;<br/></span> <span class="i2">It is now<br/></span> <span class="i0">We hear.<br/></span></div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align='left'> <div class="poemt"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">He reigns<br/></span> <span class="i2">In power,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And Love's hour<br/></span> <span class="i0">Disdains.<br/></span></div> </div> </td> <td align='left'> <div class="poemt"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Dear Heart<br/></span> <span class="i2">Your kiss!&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">After this<br/></span> <span class="i0">We part.<br/></span></div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align='left'> <div class="poemt"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Forget<br/></span> <span class="i2">For a day<br/></span> <span class="i2">All his sway,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Life's fret.<br/></span></div> </div> </td> <td align='left'> <div class="poemt"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">A breath<br/></span> <span class="i2">And a sigh,&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">How we fly<br/></span> <span class="i0">From Death!<br/></span></div> </div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <hr /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />