Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1912 — Beauty's Sadness. [ARTICLE]

Beauty's Sadness.

Hushed ’neath the midnight rapture overhead. The village hpusefronts facing northward shine' Like old romantic streets in lands of wine; Opposite—night—the wharves, where any tread Rings on the silent stone, are carpeted With silver, shadow patterned by the fine Rigging of anchored schooners. Wind’s low whine In cordage, and the plashing—ne’er ended While night lasts—of the tide, are all I hear. The spectral lighthouse ’gainst night’s fair blue deep, Those changing clouds, the moon, one star who’s had Splendor to brave them these warm winds —make drear The heart they uplight. And I steal home to sleep, Tls you alone, love, makes me always glad. —Louis How in Smart Set