Poems

The Rarity of Genius While yet my lip was breathing youth’s first breath, I all too young to know their deepest spell, I saw Medea and […]

The Shipman’s Tale Listen my masters! I speak naught but truth. From dawn to dawn they drifted on and on, Not knowing wither nor to what […]

The Sisters’ Tragedy A.D. 1670 AGLÄE, a widow. MURIEL, her unmarried sister. It happened once, in that brave land that lies For half the twelvemonth wrapt […]

The Undiscovered Country Forever am I conscious, moving here, That should I step a little space aside I pass the boundary of some glorified Invisible domain […]

Thorwaldsen Not in the fabled influence of some star, Benign or evil, do our fortunes lie; We are the arbiters of destiny, Lords of the life […]

Threnody I Upon your hearse this flower I lay Brief be your sleep! You shall be known When lesser men have had their day: Fame blossoms […]

To L.T. in Florence You by the Arno shape your marble dream, Under the cypress and the olive trees, While I, this side the wild wind-beaten […]

With Three Flowers Herewith I send you three pressed withered flowers: This one was white, with golden star; this, blue As Capri’s cave; that, purple and […]

An Invitation Holding with shaking hands a letter from some Official – high up he says in the Ministry, I note that I am invited to […]

Café Talk ‘Of course,’ I said, ‘we cannot hope to find What we are looking for in anyone; They glitter, maybe, but are not the sun, […]