men who loved wholly beyond wisdom - louise bogan lyrics

men loved wholly beyond wisdom
have the staff without the banner
like a fire in a dry thicket
rising within women’s eyes
is the love men must return
heart, so subtle now, and trembling
what a marvel to be wise.,
to love never in this manner!
to be quiet in the fern
like a thing gone dead and still
listening to the prisoned cricket
shake its terrible dissembling
music in the granite hill