October-November
This poem is in the public domain.
This poem is in the public domain.
Regard the capture here, O Janus-faced,
As double as the hands that twist this glass.
Such eyes at search or rest you cannot see;
Reciting pain or glee, how can you bear!
There are no stars tonight
But those of memory.
Yet how much room for memory there is
In the loose girdle of soft rain.
How many dawns, chill from his rippling rest
The seagull's wings shall dip and pivot him,
Shedding white rings of tumult, building high
Over the chained bay waters Liberty—