Poems

<h2><SPAN name="NOON" id="NOON"></SPAN>NOON.</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="dropcap">N</span>O ripple stirs the water,<br/></span> <span class="i2a">No song-bird wakes the grove,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Calm noon-tide sways his sceptre,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And hushes even love.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">On earth the sun-god bending<br/></span> <span class="i2">Poureth his wondrous store;<br/></span> <span class="i0">The soft-tongued tide, advancing,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Laps the unconscious shore.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The long, low isle of marsh-land<br/></span> <span class="i2">Stretches in weary waste,<br/></span> <span class="i0">By sloping sand-banks guarded,<br/></span> <span class="i2">By winding weeds embraced.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Comes clearly from the open<br/></span> <span class="i2">The plash of distant oars,&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Over the rocky headland<br/></span> <span class="i2">The snow-white sea-gull soars.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">I see as if through dream-clouds,<br/></span> <span class="i2">I hear from far away.<br/></span> <span class="i0">The scorched air breathes its opiate,<br/></span> <span class="i2">The drowsy fancies stay;<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">I have no hopes or longings,<br/></span> <span class="i2">I scarce can feel your kiss,&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i0">For thought, and joy and worship,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Another hour than this!<br/></span></div> </div> <hr /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />