Poems

Bat At evening, sitting on this terrace, When the sun from the west, beyond Pisa, beyond the mountains of Carrara Departs, and the world is taken […]

Bavarian Gentians Not every man has gentians in his house in Soft September, at slow, Sad Michaelmas. Bavarian gentians, big and dark, only dark darkening the […]

Beautiful Old Age It ought to be lovely to be old to be full of the peace that comes of experience and wrinkled ripe fulfilment. The […]

Belief Forever nameless Forever unknwon Forever unconceived Forever unrepresented yet forever felt in the soul.

Birdcage Walk When the wind blows her veil And uncovers her laughter I cease, I turn pale. When the wind blows her veil From the woes […]

Blue The earth again like a ship steams out of the dark sea over The edge of the blue, and the sun stands up to see […]

Brooding Grief A yellow leaf from the darkness Hops like a frog before me. Why should I start and stand still? I was watching the woman […]

Brother and Sister The shorn moon trembling indistinct on her path, Frail as a scar upon the pale blue sky, Draws towards the downward slope: some […]

Butterfly Butterfly, the wind blows sea-ward, strong beyond the garden-wall! Butterfly, why do you settle on my shoe, and sip the dirt on my shoe, Lifting […]

Conceit It is conceit that kills us and makes us cowards instead of gods. Under the great Command: Know thy self, and that thou art mortal! […]