Poems

Perfume of Youth (Girl’s Song) In Babylon, in Nineveh, And long ago, and far away, The lilies and the lotus blew That are my sweet of […]

Pierrot For Aubrey Beardsley’s picture “Pierrot is dying” Pierrot is dying: Tiptoe in, Finger touched to lip, Harlequin, Columbine and Clown. Hugh! how still he lies […]

Rapunzel All day, all day I brush My golden strands of hair; All day I wait and wait.. Ah, who is there? Who calls? Who calls? […]

Refuge in Darkness With night’s Dim veil and blue I will cover my eyes, I will bind close my eyes that are So weary.

Release With swift Great sweep of her Magnificent arm my pain Clanged back the doors that shut my soul From life.

Roma Aeterna The sun is warm today, O Romulus, and on Thine older Palentine the birds Still sing.

Rose-Mary of the Angels Little Sister Rose-Marie, Will thy feet as willing-light Run through Paradise, I wonder, As they run the blue skies under, Willing feet, […]

Sad of Heart. Thou beautiful and ivory gates That shut my tears away from me — Even, at last, such refuge yield That great, safe doors […]

Safe. Force and bluster? Mighty threatenings? Scorn I lightly, — Not for these. Tell me when shall great Orion Catch the flying Pleuades?

Shadow A-sway, On red rose, A golden butterfly. . And on my heart a butterfly Night-wing’d.