In Memoriam A. H. H.: 11.
Calm is the morn without a sound, / ; ; ; ;Calm as to suit a calmer grief,
Dark house, by which once more I stand
; ; ; ;Here in the long unlovely street,
; ; ; ;Doors, where my heart was used to beat
So quickly, waiting for a hand,
A hand that can be clasp'd no more—
; ; ; ;Behold me, for I cannot sleep,
; ; ; ;And like a guilty thing I creep
At earliest morning to the door.
He is not here; but far away
; ; ; The noise of life begins again,
; ; ; And ghastly thro' the drizzling rain
On the bald street breaks the blank day.
Calm is the morn without a sound, / ; ; ; ;Calm as to suit a calmer grief,
Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, / Tears from the depth of some divine despair
O Sorrow, cruel fellowship, / ; ; ; ;O Priestess in the vaults of Death,
Beautiful city, the centre and crater of European confusion, / O you with your passionate shriek for the rights of an equal