Hoofs of Pegasus

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[Pg 23]</SPAN></span></p> <h2>THE POOL</h2> <div class="poetry-container"><div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="bigfont">T</span>HERE is a pool</span> <span class="i0">Silent, dark and still,</span> <span class="i0">It holds the patterns of the trees</span> <span class="i0">The polished lacquered traceries</span> <span class="i0">Until a whimpering breeze</span> <span class="i0">Breaks the design at will.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And through those waters dart</span> <span class="i0">Eyeless fish and blind,</span> <span class="i0">Some silver coloured as a star</span> <span class="i0">Or crimson as a bloody scar,</span> <span class="i0">Sinister their beauties are</span> <span class="i0">Like mad thoughts in the mind.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Stranger than scaly thing</span> <span class="i0">Or imaged leaf,</span> <span class="i0">I see myself a shadow there,</span> <span class="i0">The fish are gliding through my hair</span> <span class="i0">My dull eyes have a fixed stare</span> <span class="i0">Drowned in the pool of grief.</span></div> </div></div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />