ELUSION
Reading edition
CLEAVAGE of sea and sky, Ever elusive line, Though I follow it far, Far as the Ultimate Isles, Never it seems more nigh,— Shifting shadow and shine,— Dim as a distant star That beckons and beguiles Dawn-dream of my heart, Dusk-dream of my soul, Though I follow thee long Into the night’s deep shades, Never attained thou art, Never I gain the goal; Thou art like a song That ever and ever evades. Clinton Scollard.