I loved illustrious cities and the crowds br That eddy through their incandescent nights. br I loved remote horizons with far clouds br Girdled, and fringed about with snowy heights. br I loved fair women, their sweet, conscious ways br Of wearing among hands that covet and plead br The rose ablossom at the rainbow's base br That bounds the world's desire and all its need. br Nature I worshipped, whose fecundity br Embraces every vision the most fair, br Of perfect benediction. From a boy br I gloated on existence. Earth to me br Seemed all-sufficient and my sojourn there br One trembling opportunity for joy.