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From: Dedicatory Ode
From: Dedicatory Ode
I will not try the reach again,
I will not set my sail alone,
To moor a boat bereft of men
At Yarnton's tiny docks o…
Fatigue
Fatigue
I'm tired of Love: I'm still more tired of Rhyme.
But Money gives me pleasure all the time.
Cuckoo!
Cuckoo!
In woods so long time bare
Cuckoo!
Up and in the wood, I know not where
Two notes fall.
Yet I do not envy him at …
Epitah on the Politician Himself
Epitah on the Politician Himself
Here richly, with ridiculous display,
The Politician's corpse was laid away.
While all of his acquaintance sneer…
Cautionary Tales for Children: Introduction
Cautionary Tales for Children: Introduction
And is it True? It is not True.
And if it were it wouldn’t do,
For people such as me and you
…
Courtesy
Courtesy
Of Courtesy, it is much less
Than Courage of Heart or Holiness,
Yet in my Walks it seems to me
That the Grace of God is …
Ballade to Our Lady of Czestochowa
Ballade to Our Lady of Czestochowa
I
Lady and Queen and Mystery manifold
And very Regent of the untroubled sky,
Whom in a dream S…
An Author’s Hope
An Author’s Hope
When I am dead, I hope it may be said:
‘His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.’
[Month of] September
[Month of] September
I, from a window where the Meuse is wide,
Looked eastward out to the September night;
The men that in the hopeless battle di…
A Trinity
A Trinity
Of three in One and One in three
My narrow mind would doubting be
Till Beauty, Grace and Kindness met
And all at once were Juliet.
[Month of] November
[Month of] November
November is that historied Emperor,
Conquered in age, but foot to foot with fate,
Who from his refuge high has heard the roar…
[Month of] March
[Month of] March
The north-cast wind has come from Norroway,
Roaring he came above the white waves' tips!
The foam of the loud sea was on his lip…
[Month of] January
[Month of] January
It freezes- all across a soundless sky
The birds go home. The governing dark's begun:
The steadfast dark that waits not for a …
[Month of] December
[Month of] December
Hoar Time about the house betakes him slow,
Seeking an entry for his weariness.
And in that dreadful company distress
…
[Month of] April
[Month of] April
The stranger warmth of the young sun obeying,
Look! little beads of green begin to grow,
And hidden flowers have dated their top…
[Month of) July
[Month of) July
The Kings come riding back from the Crusade,
The purple Kings and all their mounted men;
They fill the street with clamorous cava…
Stages
Stages
As every flower fades and as all youth
Departs, so life at every stage,
So every virtue, so our grasp of truth,
Blooms in …
Thinking Of A Friend At Night
Thinking Of A Friend At Night
In this evil year, autumn comes early...
I walk by night in the field, alone, the rain clatters,
The wind on my hat…
In Secret We Thirst
In Secret We Thirst
Graceful, spiritual,
with the gentleness of arabesques
our life is similar
to the existence of fairies
that s…
Lying In Grass
Lying In Grass
Is this everything now, the quick delusions of flowers,
And the down colors of the bright summer meadow,
The soft blue spread of h…
Across The Fields
Across The Fields
Across the sky, the clouds move,
Across the fields, the wind,
Across the fields the lost child
Of my mother wanders.
How Heavy The Days
How Heavy The Days
How heavy the days are.
There's not a fire that can warm me,
Not a sun to laugh with me,
Everything bare,
Ever…
Youth And Age. (Sonnet III.)
Youth And Age. (Sonnet III.)
Oh give me back the days when loose and free
To my blind passion were the curb and rein,
Oh give me back the angelic…
A Swarm Of Gnats
A Swarm Of Gnats
Many thousand glittering motes
Crowd forward greedily together
In trembling circles.
Extravagantly carousing away
…