Amours de Voyage, Canto III
July 5, 2023A Pair Of Lovers In The Street
July 5, 2023China 1899
She lies, a grave disdain all her defence,
Too imperturbable for scorn. She hears
Only the murmur of the flowing years
That thunder slowly on her shores immense
And ebb away in moaning impotence.
Giants enduring, she and Time are peers–
Her dream-hazed eyes knowing no hopes, no tears,
Her glance a langour-lidded insolence.
And though the rabble of the restless West
In her deserted courts set their rash sway,
She heeds them not; as when the sun, withdrawn
From his untarnished sky, knows it distressed
By storm of weakling stars, that he at dawn
Will wither with one ruthless glance away.
Arthur Henry Adams
Arthur Henry Adams (1872-1936) was an Australian poet and critic who was associated with the colonial literary movement. Some of his notable works include "The Secret Life" (1916) and "Ballads of Ballymore" (1912).