Sonnets and Songs

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[Pg 68]</SPAN></span></p> <h3>XXX</h3> <h3><i>Be Still</i></h3> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Be still, be still, vex not the night with sound,<br/></span> <span class="i2">The moon has laid her finger on the lake,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And in the shadows of the wood profound<br/></span> <span class="i2">There lies a peace we would profane to break.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Upon the lonely avenue of trees,<br/></span> <span class="i2">As pearls upon an airy silver string,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Are caught the threaded echoes of the breeze<br/></span> <span class="i2">That sets the ruffled leaves a-murmuring.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Be still, dear heart, as though &#8217;twere death to speak.<br/></span> <span class="i2">Love waits you, lily-like, with leaves unfurled,<br/></span> <span class="i0">While on the breast of day night lays her cheek,<br/></span> <span class="i2">The silence speaks the secret of the world.<br/></span></div> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />