Dreamers and Other Poems

<p><SPAN name="THE_SEER_OF_HEARTS" id="THE_SEER_OF_HEARTS"></SPAN>THE SEER OF HEARTS</p> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">For mocking on men's faces</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">He only sees instead</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">The hidden, hundred traces</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Of tears their eyes have shed.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Above their lips denying,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Through all their boasting dares,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">He hears the anguished crying</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Of old unanswered prayers.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">And through the will's reliance</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">He only sees aright</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">A frightened child's defiance</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Left lonely in the night.</span><br/> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />