Brother, that breathe the August air br Ten thousand years from now, br And smell—if still your orchards bear br Tart apples on the bough— br br The early windfall under the tree, br And see the red fruit shine, br I cannot think your thoughts will be br Much different from mine. br br Should at that moment the full moon br Step forth upon the hill, br And memories hard to bear at noon, br By moonlight harder still, br Form in the shadow of the trees, — br Things that you could not spare br And live, or so you thought, yet these br All gone, and you still there, br br A man no longer what he was, br Nor yet the thing he'd planned, br The chilly apple from the grass br Warmed by your living hand— br br I think you will have need of tears; br I think they will not flow; br Supposing in ten thousand years br Men ache, as they do now.br br Edna St.