Hoofs of Pegasus

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[Pg 34]</SPAN></span></p> <h2>AFTERWARD</h2> <div class="poetry-container"><div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="bigfont">N</span>OW I remember very plain:</span> <span class="i0">A sumac leaf was red,</span> <span class="i0">The bloom of grape was on the hills,</span> <span class="i0">The river was a twisted thread.</span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">That day I marked not leaf nor hill,</span> <span class="i0">Nor rivers to the sea—</span> <span class="i0">I was my lover’s garden closed,</span> <span class="i0">I was his tower of ivory.</span></div> </div></div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />