Poems

Snake A snake came to my water-trough On a hot, hot day, and I in pyjamas for the heat, To drink there. In the deep, strange-scented […]

Snap-Dragon She bade me follow to her garden where The mellow sunlight stood as in a cup Between the old grey walls; I did not dare […]

Sorrow Why does the thin grey strand Floating up from the forgotten Cigarette between my fingers, Why does it trouble me? Ah, you will understand; When […]

Study Somewhere the long mellow note of the blackbird Quickens the unclasping hands of hazel, Somewhere the wind-flowers fling their heads back, Stirred by an impetuous […]

Submergence When along the pavement, Palpitating flames of life, People flicker round me, I forget my bereavement, The gap in the great constellation, The place where […]

Tease I will give you all my keys, You shall be my châtelaine, You shall enter as you please, As you please shall go again. When […]

The Bride My love looks like a girl to-night, But she is old. The plaits that lie along her pillow Are not gold, But threaded with […]

The Deepest Sensuality The profoundest of all sensualities is the sense of truth and the next deepest sensual experience is the sense of justice.

The Elephant Is Slow To Mate The elephant, the huge old beast, is slow to mate; he finds a female, they show no haste they wait […]

The End If I could have put you in my heart, If but I could have wrapped you in myself, How glad I should have been! […]