Poems

Work and Play The swallow of summer, she toils all the summer, A blue-dark knot of glittering voltage, A whiplash swimmer, a fish of the air. […]

I Am A Poet, My Thoughts Are Free I expect no gifts from any, nor beg for wing or feather In my own sky, in my […]

Idyll XII Art come, dear youth? two days and nights away! (Who burn with love, grow aged in a day.) As much as apples sweet the […]

Idyll XXIX They say, dear boy, that wine and truth agree; And, being in wine, I’ll tell the truth to thee- Yes, all that works in […]

Idyll XXX When Cypris saw Adonis, In death already lying With all his locks dishevelled, And cheeks turned wan and ghastly, She bade the Loves attendant […]

The Psalm Of Adonis – from Fifteenth Idyll O Queen that loves Golgi, and Idalium, And the steep of Eryx, O Aphrodite, that playes with gold, […]

A Song In October Clouds gather, treetops toss and sway; But pour us wine, an old one! That we may turn this dreary day To golden; […]

At the Desk I spent the entire day in official details; And it almost pulled me down like the others: I felt that tiny insane voluptuousness, […]

Close Both My Eyes Close both my eyes with your beloved hands! For everything I suffer comes to rest under your hand. And as the pain, […]

Knecht Ruprecht – Santa’s Helper I came here from the forest I tell you, it is a very holy night! All over the tips of the […]