Richard Aldington. Argyria. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

Argyria

By Richard Aldington


O YOU,
O you most fair,
Swayer of reeds, whisperer
Among the flowering rushes,
You have hidden away your hands	5
Beneath the poplar leaves;
You have given them to the white waters.

Swallow-fleet;
Sea-child cold from the waves;
Slight reed that sang so blithely in the wind;	10
White cloud the white sun kissed into the air;
Pan mourns for you.

White limbs, white song,
Pan mourns for you.