Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
The Others
By Seumas OSullivan
F
By a secret path,
We come in the moonlight
To the side of the green rath.
We take our pleasure,
Dancing to such a measure
As earth never knew.
And song without a name,
So sweetly chanted
’Twould put a bird to shame.
Is there, of mortal birth,
Her young eyes laden
With dreams of earth.
And forest-sweet would bring
Silence on blackbirds singing
Their best in the ear of spring.
Moves slow in the dreamy round,
His brave lost feet enchanted
With the rhythm of faery sound.
Would fall to the dewy ground,
And pine away in silence
For envy of such a sound.
In our sad pleasure,
We dance to many a measure
That earth never knew.