In The Train, And At Versailles

In a dull swiftness we are carried by With bodies left at sway and shaking knees. The wind has ceased, or is a feeble breeze Warm in the sun. The leaves are not yet dry From yesterday's dense rain. All, low and high, A strong green country; but, among its trees, Ruddy and thin with Autumn. After these There is the city still before the sky. Versailles is reached. Pass we the galleries And seek the gardens. A great silence here, Through the long planted alleys, to the long Distance of water. More than tune or song, Silence shall grow to awe within thine eyes, Till thy thought swim with the blue turning sphere.