Burning Wheel

<SPAN name="BOOKS_AND_THOUGHTS"></SPAN>BOOKS AND THOUGHTS.<br/> <br/> <br/> Old ghosts that death forgot to ferry<br/> Across the Lethe of the years-<br/> These are my friends, and at their tears<br/> I weep and with their mirth am merry.<br/> On a high tower, whose battlements<br/> Give me all heaven at a glance,<br/> I lie long summer nights in trance,<br/> Drowsed by the murmurs and the scents<br/> That rise from earth, while the sky above me<br/> Merges its peace with my soul's peace,<br/> Deep meeting deep. No stir can move me,<br/> Nought break the quiet of my release:<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">In vain the windy sunlight raves</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">At the hush and gloom of polar caves.</span><br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />