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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at…
Grass
Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Shovel them under and let me work
-I am the grass; I cover all.
And pile them high at Gettysburg …
Columns
Columns
(Mobile Columns of the Boer War)
Out o' the wilderness, dusty an' dry
(Time, an' 'igh time to be trekkin' again!)
Oo is it 'eads to …
Madonna Mia
A lily-girl, not made for this world's pain,
With brown, soft hair close braided by her ears,
And longing eyes half veiled by slumberous tears
L…
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (Sonnet 18)
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (Sonnet 18)
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds …
The Golden Gate - I (A novel in verse)
The Golden Gate - I (A novel in verse)
1.1.
To make a start more swift and weighty,
Hail Muse. Dear Reader, once upon
A time, say, circa …
A Vision
Two crowned Kings, and One that stood alone
With no green weight of laurels round his head,
But with sad eyes as one uncomforted,
And wearied wi…
You Say You Love
You Say You Love
I
You say you love ; but with a voice
Chaster than a nun's, who singeth
The soft Vespers to herself
While the ch…
Ascension
Ascension
Salute the last and everlasting day,
Joy at th' uprising of this Sun, and Son,
Ye whose true tears, or tribulation
Have…
Serenade from “The Spanish Student”
Serenade from “The Spanish Student”
STARS of the summer night!
Far in yon azure deeps,
Hide, hide your golden light!
She sleeps!
…
Shadow
Shadow
Here you are beside me again
Memories of my companions killed in the war
The olive-branch of time
Memories that make only …
Dum Capitolium Scandet
Dum Capitolium Scandet
How many will come after me
singing as well as I sing, none better;
Telling the heart of their truth
as I have tau…
On Jordan's Banks
On Jordan's Banks
On Jordan's banks the Arab's camels stray,
On Sion's hill the False One's votaries pray,
The Baaladorer
bows on Sinai's…
We see-Comparatively
We see-Comparatively
534
We see-Comparatively-
The Thing so towering high
We could not grasp its segment
Unaided-Yesterday…
Custer: Book Second
Custer: Book Second
I
Oh, for the power to call to aid, of mine
Own humble Muse, the famed and sacred nine.
Then might she fitly …
Love Lies Sleeping
Love Lies Sleeping
Earliest morning, switching all the tracks
that cross the sky from cinder star to star,
coupling the ends of s…
XXIV
XXIV
Let the world's sharpness, like a clasping knife,
Shut in upon itself and do no harm
In this close hand of Love, now soft and warm, …
XXII
XXII
When our two souls stand up erect and strong,
Face to face, silent, drawing nigh and nigher,
Until the lengthening wings break into …
Carpe Diem
Carpe Diem
O mistress mine, where are you roaming?
O stay and hear! your true-love's coming
That can sing both high and low;
Trip no furt…
On A Dead Violet
On A Dead Violet
The odor from the flower is gone
Which like thy kisses breathed on me;
The color from the flower is flown
Which glowed of thee a…
Farewell
Farewell
I have got my leave. Bid me farewell, my brothers!
I bow to you all and take my departure.
Here I give back the …
Don't be afraid, O human soul!
Don't be afraid, O human soul!
The power thrones of today represent devil's affair,
the power-hungry monsters are busy playing there.
Don't be af…
The Test of Love—is Death
The Test of Love—is Death
573
The Test of Love—is Death—
Our Lord—"so loved"—it saith—
What Largest Lover—hath
Another—do…
Seascape
Seascape
This celestial seascape, with white herons got up as angels,
flying high as they want and as far as they want sidewise
in tiers …