I dream that he is mine,
I dream that he is true,
And all his words I keep
As rose-leaves hold the dew.

O little thirsty rose,
O little heart beware,
Lest you should hope to hold
A hundred roses’ share.

I heard a cry in the night,
A thousand miles it came,
Sharp as a flash of light,
My name, my name!

It was your voice I heard,
You waked and loved me so—
I send you back this word,
I know, I know!

I know the truth,
No need to deny.
I have seen it naked,
I have emptied the jars.

I saw the lie,
Beneath your flourish.
behind your shadows,
Oh boy, How'd I wish.

to re-create the castle,
Burnt with malice,
to build the trust,
I have invested.

To return jolly,
on those happy days,
where all we know,
was love and sun rays.

1090

I am afraid to own a Body—
I am afraid to own a Soul—
Profound—precarious Property—
Possession, not optional—

Double Estate—entailed at pleasure
Upon an unsuspecting Heir—
Duke in a moment of Deathlessness
And God, for a Frontier.