II
Reading edition
Saint
(After Mallarmé)
HIGH at a window Of old gilded sandalwood Where once the viol Mingled with dulcimer, Sits the Saint pallid, The missal of parchment Lies open where vespers And complines were chaunted: At monstrance-glazing Grazed by the Angel’s Harp curved by winging Aloft on the twilight For her delicate fingers, On instrument’s plumage She balances soft, A musician of silence.