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- THE SEA-BIRD
YOU saw my heart as it lay
Like a hushed rock-pool, aside
From the ocean's wind-tossed spray.
And you were hurt in your pride.
And the wild sea-bird in you
Rose and spread out its wings,
And flapping down over cliff" and ledge.
Lighted upon that rock-pool's edge
And troubled it thro' and thro'.
And now that its depths are dim
And heavy and blurred and blind,
Over the purple waves you skim
And bathe in the sun and make sport for him,
And give yourself to the wind.
A flashing meteor of pearl,
You laugh and waver and dart —
In silver circles you gleam and whirl,
A rainbow, a sea-bird, a demon — a girl
Who has flown across a heart.
