To Miss Louise Olivia Hunter
Though I turn, I fly not —
I cannot depart;
I would try, but try not
To release my heart.
And my hopes are dying
While, on dreams relying,
I am spelled by art.
Thus, the bright snake coiling
[']Neath the forest tree
Wins the bird, beguiling,
To come down and see:
Like that bird the lover
Round his fate will hover
Till the blow is over
And he sinks — like me.
February 14
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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