Poems

The Lover’s Song BIRD sighs for the air, Thought for I know not where, For the womb the seed sighs. Now sinks the same rest On […]

The Madness Of King Goll I SAT on cushioned otter-skin: My word was law from Ith to Emain, And shook at Inver Amergin The hearts of […]

The Magi NOW as at all times I can see in the mind’s eye, In their stiff, painted clothes, the pale unsatisfied ones Appear and disappear […]

The Man And The Echo Man IN a cleft that’s christened Alt Under broken stone I halt At the bottom of a pit That broad noon […]

The Man Who Dreamed Of Faeryland HE stood among a crowd at Dromahair; His heart hung all upon a silken dress, And he had known at […]

The Mask “PUT off that mask of burning gold With emerald eyes.” “O no, my dear, you make so bold To find if hearts be wild […]

The Meditation Of The Old Fisherman YOU waves, though you dance by my feet like children at play, Though you glow and you glance, though you […]

The Moods TIME drops in decay, Like a candle burnt out, And the mountains and woods Have their day, have their day; What one in the […]

The Mother Of God THE threefold terror of love; a fallen flare Through the hollow of an ear; Wings beating about the room; The terror of […]

The Mountain Tomb POUR wine and dance if manhood still have pride, Bring roses if the rose be yet in bloom; The cataract smokes upon the […]