we, outlaws on God's property, Fling out imagination beyond the skies, Wishing a tangible good from the unknown. And likewise death will drive us from the scene With the great flowering world unbroken yet, Which we held in idea, a little handful.
Richard Eberhart (b. 1904), American poet. The Horse Chestnut Tree (l. 19–24). . .
Modern American & British Poetry. Louis Untermeyer, ed., in consultation with Karl Shapiro and Richard Wilbur. (Rev., shorter ed., 1955) Harcourt, Brace and Company.