AM VAN DIEU TRONG THO TIENG ANH

 

Velvet Shoes

Elinor Wylie

Let us walk in the white snow     In a soundless space; With footsteps quiet and 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.

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on December 26, 2021, by the Academy of American Poets FAIR USE EXCEPTION TO COPYRIGHT