The Embers | Page 5

the way of thy feet, and the breath
that I breathe,
It hath being from thee and life from the life that is
thine!
ATHENIAN
Your voice I knew, its cadences and
thrill;
I t stilled the tumult and the overthrow
When Athens trembled to the people's
will;
I knew it--'twas a thousand years ago.

I see the fountains, and the gardens
where
You sang the fury from the Satrap's
brow;
I feel the quiver in the raptured air,

I heard it in the Athenian grove--I hear
you now.
EYES LIKE THE SEA
Eyes like the sea, look up, the beacons brighten, Home comes the sailor,
home across the tide!
Back drifts the cloud, behold the heavens
whiten, The port of Love is open, he anchors at thy side.
UNDER THE CLIFF
The sands and the sea, and the white gulls
fleeting, The mist on the island, the cloud on the hill;
The song in my
heart, and the old hope beating
Its life 'gainst the bars of thy will.
OPEN THY GATE
Here in the highway without thy garden
wall,
Here in the babel and the glare,
Sick for thy haven, O Sweet, to thee
I call:
Open thy gate unto my prayer--
Open thy gate.

Cool is thy garden-plot, pleasant thy
shade,
All things commend thee in thy place;
Dwelling on thy perfectness, O Sweet,
I am afraid,
But, fearing, long to look upon thy
face--
Open thy gate.

Over the ample globe, searching for
thee,
Thee and thy garden have I come;
Ended my questing: no more, no more for
me,
O Sweet, the pilgrim's sandals, call
me home--
Open thy gate.
SUMMER IS COME

Summer is come; the corn is in the ear,
The haze is swimming where the beeches
stand;
Summer is come, though winter months
be here--
M y love is summer passing through the
land.

Summer is come; I hear the skylarks
sing,