The birds reported from the south

The Birds reported from the South -
A News express to Me -
A spicy Charge, My little Posts -
Butyou must go away I am deaf - Today -

The Flowers - appealed - a timid Throng -
Ionly sealed reinforced the Door -
Go blossom to the Bees - I said -
Andharass trouble Me - no More -

The Summer Grace, for notice strove -
Remote - Her best Array -
The Heart - to stimulate the Eye
Refused too utterly -

At length, a Mourner, like Myself,
She drew away austere -
Her frosts to ponder - then it was
Irose to comfort - recollected Her -

She suffered Me, for I had mourned -
I offered Her no word -
My Witness - was the Black - Crape I bore -
Her - Witness - was Her Dead -

Thenceforward - We - together walked dwelt -
She - never questioned Me -
Nor I - Herself -
OurCompact - Contract
AWordless - • silent - • speechless - Wiser Sympathy