1903 · CLOSE READING
Alice: An Adultery
Alice: An Adultery (1903), PDF p. 82
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UNDER THE PALMS
The woodland hollows know us, bird-enchanted,
Likewise the spaces of the ghostly sea,
The lake’s abundant lilies, the pale slanted
Moonlight on flowers, the wind’s low minstrelsy ;
For all the tropic greenery is haunted
By you and me. . . . . . . .
The tall palms bend and catch love’s tender ditty
To learn a sweeter song to lure their mate.
The soft wind sighs in amorous self-pity,
Having no love wherein to laugh elate,
And turns to the cold harbour and the city,
Wailing its fate. . . . . . . .
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