Poems (Henley)/Life in her creaking shoes

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XXXIV To K. de M.
Love blows as the wind blows,Love blows into the heart.—Nile Boat-Song.
Life in her creaking shoesGoes, and more formal grows,A round of calls and cues:Love blows as the wind blows.Blows! . . . in the quiet closeAs in the roaring mart,By ways no mortal knowsLove blows into the heart.
The stars some cadence use,Forthright the river flows,In order fall the dews,Love blows as the wind blows:Blows! . . . and what reckoning showsThe courses of his chart?A spirit that comes and goes,Love blows into the heart.
1878
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