Poems

Behind a Wall I own a solace shut within my heart, A garden full of many a quaint delight And warm with drowsy, poppied sunshine; bright, […]

Carrefour O you, Who came upon me once Stretched under apple-trees just after bathing, Why did you not strangle me before speaking Rather than fill me […]

Climbing High up in the apple tree climbing I go, With the sky above me, the earth below. Each branch is the step of a wonderful […]

Crepuscule du Matin All night I wrestled with a memory Which knocked insurgent at the gates of thought. The crumbled wreck of years behind has wrought […]

Crowned You came to me bearing bright roses, Red like the wine of your heart; You twisted them into a garland To set me aside from […]

Decade When you came, you were like red wine and honey, And the taste of you burnt my mouth with its sweetness. Now you are like […]

Diya Look, Dear, how bright the moonlight is to-night! See where it casts the shadow of that tree Far out upon the grass. And every gust […]

Dreams I do not care to talk to you although Your speech evokes a thousand sympathies, And all my being’s silent harmonies Wake trembling into music. […]

Epitaph in a Church-Yard in Charleston, South Carolina GEORGE AUGUSTUS CLOUGH A NATIVE OF LIVERPOOL, DIED SUDDENLY OF “STRANGER’S FEVER” NOV’R 5th 1843 AGED 22 He […]

Falling Snow The snow whispers around me And my wooden clogs Leave holes behind me in the snow. But no one will pass this way Seeking […]