In The Seven Woods
In The Seven Woods I HAVE heard the pigeons of the Seven Woods Make their faint thunder, and the garden bees Hum in the lime-tree flowers; […]
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Into The Twilight OUT-WORN heart, in a time out-worn, Come clear of the nets of wrong and right; Laugh, heart, again in the grey twilight, Sigh, […]
READ MOREIntroductory Lines (The Shadowy Waters)
Introductory Lines (The Shadowy Waters) I walked among the seven woods of Coole: Shan-walla, where a willow-hordered pond Gathers the wild duck from the winter dawn; […]
READ MOREJohn Kinsella’s Lament For Mr. Mary Moore
John Kinsella’s Lament For Mr. Mary Moore A BLOODY and a sudden end, Gunshot or a noose, For Death who takes what man would keep, Leaves […]
READ MOREKing And No King
King And No King WOULD it were anything but merely voice!’ The No King cried who after that was King, Because he had not heard of […]
READ MORELapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli I have heard that hysterical women say They are sick of the palette and fiddle-bow. Of poets that are always gay, For everybody knows […]
READ MORELeda And The Swan
Leda And The Swan A SUDDEN blow: the great wings beating still Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed By the dark webs, her nape caught […]
READ MORELines Written In Dejection
Lines Written In Dejection WHEN have I last looked on The round green eyes and the long wavering bodies Of the dark leopards of the moon? […]
READ MORELong-Legged Fly
Long-Legged Fly THAT civilisation may not sink, Its great battle lost, Quiet the dog, tether the pony To a distant post; Our master Caesar is in […]
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