In a Belgian Garden and Other Poems

<SPAN name="ships"></SPAN> <h3> The Ships of Memory<br/> </h3> <p class="poem"> The silent ships of memory creep<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 1em">Across the seas of long ago;</SPAN><br/> Like phantoms, on a tideless deep,<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 1em">Their pale prows wander to and fro.</SPAN><br/></p> <p class="poem"> Some bear the dreams of happy years<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 1em">Or bring a cargo all of gold;</SPAN><br/> Some bear a freight of useless tears,<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 1em">For love and sorrow long untold.</SPAN><br/></p> <p class="poem"> And each man takes the proffered dower<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 1em">For golden grain or bitter loss;</SPAN><br/> O, happy he that hath the power<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 1em">To take the gold and leave the dross.</SPAN><br/></p> <br/><br/><br/> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />