Poems

Wolf and Hound You’ll take my tale with a little salt; But it needs none, nevertheless! I was foiled completely – fair at fault – Disheartened, […]

Wormwood and Nightshade The troubles of life are many, The pleasures of life are few; When we sat in the sunlight, Annie, I dreamt that the […]

Ye Wearie Wayfarer Fytte I By Wood and Wold [A Preamble] “Beneath the greenwood bough.” — W. Scott. Lightly the breath of the spring wind blows, […]

Bakhcisaray Those halls of the Gireys – still vast and great! – Are galleries where desolation falls; Those varicolored domes, those crumbling halls Where proud pashas […]

Faris Like a gay skiff that flees the somber shore And lilts again upon the crystal sea, Her wet breast stroking with caressing oar, Its curved […]

The Calm Of The Sea The flag on the pavilion barely stirs, The water quivers gently in the sun Like some young promised maiden dreaming on, […]

The Grave Of The Countess Potocki In spring’s own country, where the gardens blow, You faded, tender rose! For hours now past, Like butterflies departing, on […]

The Pilgrim A rich and lovely country wide unrolled, A fair face by me, heavens where white clouds sail, Why does my heart forever still bewail […]

The Ruins Of The Castle At Balaklava These castles heaped in shattered piles once graced And guarded you, Crimea, thankless land! Today like giant skulls set […]

The Storm The rudder breaks, the sails are ripped, the roar Of waters mingles with the ominous sound Of pumps and panic voices; all around Torn […]