A Lonely Flute

A Lonely Flute by Odell Sheperd is a collection of poems about the otherworldly and ephemeral beauty of nature. Excerpt: «Beyond the pearly portal, Beyond the last dim star, Pale, perfect, and immortal, The eternal visions are, That never any rapture Of sorrow or of mirth Of any song shall capture To dwell with men on earth. Many a strange and tragic Old sorrow still is mute And melodies of magic Still slumber in the flute, Many a mighty vision Has caught my yearning eye And swept with calm derision In robes of splendor by.»