THE WAY
(from the Spanish of Antonio Machado)
The clock struck twelve ... and they were
twelve blows of the spade upon the earth ...
'My time!' I cried ... Silence
answered: 'Don't be afraid;
you will not see fall that last drop
that trembles in the water-clock.
'You will have time in plenty
to sleep upon the old, familiar shore,
ere one cloudless morning you awake
to find your boat moored on the other side.'
