Dreamers and Other Poems

<p><SPAN name="THE_DISCIPLES" id="THE_DISCIPLES"></SPAN>THE DISCIPLES</p> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">A great king made a feast for Love,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">And golden was the board and gold</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">The hundred, wondrous gauds thereof;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Soft lights like roses fell above</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Rare dishes exquisite and fine;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">In jeweled goblets shone the wine&mdash;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">A great king made a feast for Love.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Yet Love as gladly and full-fed hath fared</i></span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Upon a broken crust that two have shared;</i></span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;"><i>And from scant wine as glorious dreams drawn up</i></span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;"><i>Seeing two lovers kissed above the cup.</i></span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">A great king made for Love's delight</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">A temple wonderful wherein</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Served jeweled priest and acolyte;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">There fell no darkness day or night</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Since there his highest altar shone</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">With flaming gems as some white sun,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">A temple made for Love's delight.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Yet Love hath found a temple as complete</i></span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>In some bare attic where two lovers meet;</i></span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;"><i>And made his altar by one candle's flame</i></span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;"><i>Seeing two lovers burned it in his name.</i></span><br/> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />