We Two In A Park At Night
We have walked over the high grass under the wet trees To the gravel path beside the lake, we two. A noise of light-stepping shadows follows now From the dark green mist in which we waded. Six geese drop one by one into the shivering lake; They say "Peeng" and then after a long time, "Peeng," Swimming out softly to the moon. Three of the balancing dancing geese are dim and black, And three are white and clear because of the moon; In what explanatory dawn will our souls Be seen to be the same? From the Chinese of J. Wing (nineteenth century).
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