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280 And makes thee a dream and a passion

In the souls of all poets forever,

While from thy fire thou dost fashion

Beauty and music and art that shall perish, O, never!

TO MARIE JOSEPHINE GIRARD, QUEEN OF THE FÉLIBRES

ON HER WEDDING-DAY

INSCRIPTION FOR A TOWER IN FLORENCE

(WRITTEN FOR THE CHATELAINE)

I

is my tower:

The first wall is for the dawn that comes from Vallombrosa,

The second wall is for the day that fills with soft fire the green vase of Tuscany,

The third is for the evening twilight that darkens from the Valley of the Arno,

The fourth is for the night and the stars of night.

II

Four-walled is my tower:

One wall is for the South and the sun,

One is for the West and for memory,