“The Bowers Whereat, in Dreams, I See”
The bowers whereat, in dreams, I see The wantonest singing birds, Are lips—and all thy melody Of lip-begotten words—
Thine eyes, in Heaven of heart enshrined Then desolately fall, O God! on my funereal mind Like starlight on a pall—
Thy heart— thy heart!—I wake and sigh, And sleep to dream till day Of truth that gold can never buy— Of the bawbles that it may.