Poems By Arjava

THERE came in sight a treasure cove

With foam-lipped shore ;

And with delight my galleon strove

To reive that ore—

Rathe daffodil and bluebell grove

From springs of yore,

Gay tormentil whose tresses rove

On forest floor.

Upon Time's marge prevailing mist

Of Lethe dew

O'erlies the charge of amber-kissed

Moments that flew—

The gentian flowers, like skies, untwist

Soul-piercing blue,

The leafy towers of spring enlist

Their birdchimes new.

The thoughts that flit through Nature's mind

As seasons go

Their bodies quit—we do not find

Their essence so.

Unfading flower, with magic signed,

Inlybestow,

Bright fairy power who laughed behind

That moving show.