Nightfall (verse)
Smith, A. J. M.
J^ightfall All day within the winding gardens I have paced, and in the maze, And on the stones beside the water-lily pond; All day the shadow on the dial has moved A little further on its...
...All day the clouds have wandered Over the crystal, over the fragile sky— As idle fancies in me too have trailed As idly through my sky, and been but clouds To hide the clearer sky, or light That only serves to hide a star...
...The stars are moving in the waving glades Like words of poems, crisp and sharp and small...
...But now the milky flower fades, Is drooping, and the dark leaves fall...
...A. J. M. Smith...
...All day the shadow on the dial has moved A little further on its little round...
Vol. 12 • July 1930 • No. 12
