Witnesses

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h3><SPAN name="WITNESSES" id="WITNESSES"></SPAN>WITNESSES</h3> <h4>I</h4> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">You say I do not love you!&mdash;Tell me why,<br/></span> <span class="i2">When I have gazed a little on your face,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And then gone forth into the world of men,<br/></span> <span class="i2">A beauty, neither of the earth nor sky,<br/></span> <span class="i0">A glamour, that transforms each common place,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Attends my spirit then?<br/></span></div> </div></div> <h4>II</h4> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">You say I do not love you!&mdash;Yet, I know,<br/></span> <span class="i2">When I have heard you speak and dwelt upon<br/></span> <span class="i0">Your words a while, my heart has gone away<br/></span> <span class="i2">Filled with strange music, very soft and low,<br/></span> <span class="i0">A dim companion, touching with sweet tone<br/></span> <span class="i2">The discords of the day.<br/></span></div> </div></div> <h4>III</h4> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">You say I do not love you!&mdash;Yet, it seems,<br/></span> <span class="i2">When I have kissed your hand and said farewell,<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_311" id="page_311"></SPAN>{311}</span><br/></span> <span class="i0">A fragrance, wilder than the wood’s wild bloom,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Companions dim my soul and fills, with dreams,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The sad and sordid streets where people dwell,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Dreams of spring’s wild perfume.<br/></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />