Once I Pass'd Through a Populous City.
Part of the cluster CHILDREN OF ADAM.
ONCE I PASS'D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY.
ONCE I pass'd through a populous city, imprinting mybrain, for future use, with its shows, architec-
ture, customs, and traditions; Yet now, of all that city, I remember only a woman I
casually met there, who detained me for love of
me; Day by day and night by night we were together,—All
else has long been forgotten by me; I remember, I say, only that woman who passionately
clung to me; Again we wander—we love—we separate again; Again she holds me by the hand—I must not go! I see her close beside me, with silent lips, sad and tremu-
lous.
Part of the cluster CHILDREN OF ADAM.