TWO WORLDS
AND OTHER POEMS
PART I
TWO WORLDS
I—THE VENUS OF MILO
Grace, majesty, and the calm bliss of life;
No conscious war 'twixt human will and duty;
Here breathes, forever free from pain and strife,
The old, untroubled pagan world of beauty.
II—MICHAEL ANGELO'S SLAVE
Of life, of death the mystery and woe,
Witness in this mute, carven stone the whole.
That suffering smile were never fashioned so
Before the world had wakened to a soul.
PART II
THE STAR IN THE CITY
As down the city street
I pass at the twilight hour,
'Mid the noise of wheels and hoofs
That grind on the stones, and beat;—
Upward, by spire and tower,
Over the chimneys and roofs
Climbs my glance to the skies,
