A New Year's Masque, and Other Poems (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A New Year's Masque, and Other Poems A New Year's Masque. A closed portal. Janus heard chanting. I keep the gate through which the Morning comes, By lightsome Hours attended on her rounds, These, ever as they pass, a gate-fee pay In silver coinage of sweet melody, In roses strewn, in fragrant balms and spice. 'Tis mine to guard the portal of the year, To close or open to the seasons four And to the importuning throng of days. Sometimes I hear the tread of stormy feet, Hoarse trumpet blasts, and loud, assaulting blows, And threats to pull my ancient fortress down, But other times they come with flatteries smooth, Entreating, "Janus, Janus, let us in!" I watchful stand, I will not turn the key Until my glass and fingered dial stern Declare the moment ripe. Two ways I look, Two faces I present: one seamed with eld, About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.