At Minas Basin and Other Poems — Dian and Fundy. (Designs for a Time-Piece)

I.

_The Enchantress.

_ In silver shoon, on sapphire pavement clear, Fair Dian walks the overarching night;

Her spell she lays--great Fundy leaps with cheer!

She breaks--he flees in elemental might!

II.

_The Lovers.

_ Dian, pale Dian, sailing the upper sea, Searching for lover lost on earth's lone beach;

And Fundy, forward, backward, ceaselessly, By love's impulsions borne to utmost reach.

III.

_Art and Science.

_ Dian, with silver robe from her shoulders flung, And Fundy, with his tidal arc and gauge, Beating as a great pendulum forth-swung, The seconds of the geologic age.