Poem by Elinor Wylie

Velvet Shoes

Let us walk in the white snow 
In a soundless space; 
With footsteps quiet snd slow, 
At a tranquil pace, 
Under veils of white lace.

I shall go shod in silk, 
And you in wool, 
White as white cow’s milk, 
More beautiful 
Than the breast of a gull.

We shall walk through the still town 
In a windless peace; 
We shall step upon white down, 
Upon silver fleece, 
Upon softer than these.

We shall walk in velvet shoes: 
Wherever we go 
Silence will fall like dews 
On white silence below. 
We shall walk in the snow.

1. Upon Your Heart, Which Is.the Heart of All
2. The Little Beauty That I Was Allowed
3. In Our Content, before the Autumn Came
4. What Other Name Had Half Expressed the Whole
5. Absent Thee from Felicity Awhile

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