SELECTIONS IN ENGLISH POETRY
Or in the hushing half-light mouse the lane
Long-winged and lordly.
..But when the^1 hours' wane,
Indoors they ponder, scared by the harsh storm
Whose pelting saracens on^wthe window swarm,	_30
And listen for the mail to clatter, past
And church clock's deep bay withering on the blast;
They feed the fire that flings a freakish light
On pictured kings and queens grotesquely bright,
Platters and pitchers, faded calendars	~,
And graceful hour-glass trim with lavenders.
Many a time they kiss and cry, and pray
That both be summoned in the self-same day,
And wiseman linnet tinkling in his cage
End too with them the friendship of old age,   .	4$
And all together leave their treasured room
Some bell-like evening when the may's in bloom.
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