George Augustus Baker, Jr. Deep Poems

• 1. Auto-da-fe
  (HE EXPLAINS.)
  
  Oh, just burning up some old papers,
  They do make a good deal of smoke:
  ...
• 2. Zwei Konige Auf Orkadal. From The German
  There sat two kings upon Orkadal,
  The torches flamed in the pillared hall.
  
  The minstrel sings, the red wine glows,
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• 3. Chinese Lanterns
  Through the windows on the park
  Float the waltzes, weirdly sweet;
  In the light, and in the dark,
  Rings the chime of dancing feet.
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• 4. The "stay-at-home's" Pëan
  The evenings are damper and colder;
  The maples and sumacs are red,
  The wild Equinoctial is coming,
  The flowers in the garden are dead.
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• 5. Chivalrie
  Under the maple boughs we sat,
  Annie Leslie and I together;
  She was trimming her sea-side hat
  With leaves we talked about the weather.
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• 6. The "stay-at-home's" Plaint
  The Spring has grown to Summer;
  The sun is fierce and high;
  The city shrinks, and withers
  Beneath the burning sky.
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• 7. Le Dernier Jour D'un Condamnë©
  Old coat, for some three or four seasons
  We've been jolly comrades, but now
  We part, old companion, forever;
  To fate, and the fashion, I bow.
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