Flame and Shadow

I would live in your love
  as the sea grasses live in the sea,
Borne up by each wave as it passes,
  drawn down by each wave that recedes;
I would empty my soul of the dreams
  that have gathered in me,
I would beat with your heart as it beats,
  I would follow your soul as it leads.

Peace flows into me
      As the tide to the pool by the shore;
      It is mine forevermore,
It [ebbs not back]1 like the sea.

I am the pool of blue
      That worships the vivid sky;
      My hopes were heaven-high,
They are all fulfilled in you.

I am the pool of gold
      When sunset burns and dies, --
      You are my deepening skies,
Give me your stars to hold.

Strephon kissed me in the spring,
  Robin in the fall,
But Colin only looked at me
  And never kissed at all.

Strephon's kiss was lost in jest,
  Robin's lost in play,
But the kiss in Colin's eyes
  Haunts me night and day.

Gray pilgrim, you have journeyed far,
      I pray you tell to me
Is there a land where Love is not,
      By shore of any sea?

For I am weary of the god,
      And I would flee from him
Tho' I must take a ship and go
      Beyond the ocean's rim.

"I know a port where Love is not,
      The ship is in your hand,
Then plunge your sword within your breast
      And you will reach the land."

I am alone, in spite of love,
In spite of all I take and give --
In spite of all your tenderness,
Sometimes I am not glad to live.

I am alone, as though I stood
On the highest peak of the tired gray world,
About me only swirling snow,
Above me, endless space unfurled;

With earth hidden and heaven hidden,
And only my own spirit's pride
To keep me from the peace of those
Who are not lonely, having died.

I am wild, I will sing to the trees,
      I will sing to the stars in the sky,
I love, I am loved, he is mine,
      Now at last I can die!

I am sandaled with wind and with flame,
      I have heart-fire and singing to give,
I can tread on the grass or the stars,
      Now at last I can live!