James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902.
December 12The Twelfth of December
By Richard Watson Gilder (18441909)O
Say, rather: On the tide
That throbs against those glorious palace walls;
That rises—pauses—falls
With melody and myriad-tinted gleams;
On that enchanted tide,
Half real, and half poured from lovely dreams,
A soul of beauty,—a white rhythmic flame,—
Passed singing forth into the Eternal Beauty whence it came.