April 1, 1939
New Continent
How swiftly has belief divinedA timeless country in the mind.Stern in its gardens a high sun stands.Precise and eloquent are the sandsThat greet its sea. So fit the placeAnd fleet […]
January 1, 1939
The Winter’s Tale
The storm rehearses through the bewildered fieldsIts general logic; the contorted or dispassionateFaces work out their incredulity, or stammerThe mistaking sentences. Night falls. In the litSchoolroom the hothouse guests are […]
January 1, 1939
The Cities’ Summer Death
The summer hospital enframesIn its fashionable windowsBoats brow-beaten by varnished stormsAnd curbed-off grass where no cows browse. Grandfather feathery as thoughtFurls his flurried wrapper and floatsOff his adjustable bedWafted on […]
January 1, 1939
The Dandelion Girls
As home-made candles with fuzzy wicksBent birches sprout out of a knobWhere brilliant clouds have surged away —Clouds are luxuriantly grey. Slackly curling below this knobA stagnant brook is stiff […]