THE SONG OF FINIS

 

AT the edge of All the Ages
     A Knight sate on his steed,
His armor red and thin with rust
     His soul from sorrow freed;
And he lifted up his visor
     From a face of skin and bone,
And his horse turned head and whinnied
     As the twain stood there alone.

No bird above that steep of time
     Sang of a livelong quest;
No wind breathed,
          Rest:
"Lone for an end!" cried Knight to steed,
     Loosed an eager rein--
Charged with his challenge into space:
     And quiet did quiet remain.