IT IS THE SEASON NOW And he to her a hero is And sweeter she than primroses; Now when they sever wedded hands, Joy trembles in their bosom-strands, And lovely laughter leaps and falls Upon their lips in madrigals. V THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL NAKED house, a naked moor, Ashivering pool before the door, A garden bare of flowers and fruit Yet shall your ragged moor receive And oft the morning muser see THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL And every fairy wheel and thread VI A VISIT FROM THE SEA AR from the loud sea beaches FAR Where he goes fishing and crying, Here in the inland garden Why is the sea-gull flying? Here are no fish to dive for; Here is the corn and lea; Fresh is the river water And quiet among the rushes; This is no home for the sea-gull But for the rooks and thrushes. Pity the bird that has wandered! Hurry him home to the ocean, Let him come here no more! High on the sea-cliff ledges The white gulls are trooping and crying, Here among rooks and roses, Why is the sea-gull flying? FR TO A GARDENER 'RIEND, in my mountain-side demesne, And linnet-haunted garden-ground, These tend, I prithee; and for me, |