("My soul is alight...")

In the gloom of the deepening night take up my

heart and play with it as you list. Bind me close to you

with nothing.

I will spread myself out at your feet and lie still.

Under this clouded sky I will meet silence with silence.

I will become one with the night clasping the earth in

my breast.

Make my life glad with nothing.

The rains sweep the sky from end to end. Jasmines

in the wet untamable wind revel in their own perfume.

The cloud-hiddea stars thrill in secret. Let me fill to

the full my heart with nothing but my own depth of joy.

II

My soul is alight with your infinitude of stars. Your

world has broken upon me like a flood. The flowers of

your garden blossom in my body. The joy of life that

is everywhere burns like an incense in my heart. And

the breath of all things plays on my life as on a pipe of

reeds.

IV

O you mad, you superbly drunk!

If you kick open your doors and play the fool in public;

If you empty your bag in a night, and snap your fingers

at prudence;

If you walk in curious paths and play with useless things;

Reck not rhyme or reason;