This poem was printed by hand by Richard and Elinor Lambert at the Stanton Press and issued by them in 1924 in a limited edition. It has been revised for the present edition. I remember a night of my youth, I remember a night Soundless! The earth and the sea were a shadow, but over me opened Heaven into uttermost heaven, and height into height Boundless With stars, with stars, with stars. I remember the dew on my face, I remember the mingled Homely smell of grass and unearthly beauty Out of the ends of the air and the unsealed darkness Poured in a rain, in a river, Into my marrow,—thro’ all the veins of delight Poured into me. O the divine solitude, the intoxicating silence! I was a spirit …
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