Love Poems – Page 96
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By the Margin of the Great Deep
When the breath of twilight blows to flame the misty skies, / All its vaporous sapphire, violet glow and silver gleam, / With their magic flood me through the gateway of the eyes; … -
The Great Breath
Its edges foam'd with amethyst and rose, / Withers once more the old blue flower of day: / There where the ether like a diamond glows, … -
A Duet
'flowers nodding gaily, scent in air, / Flowers posied, flowers for the hair, / Sleepy flowers, flowers bold to stare——' … -
The Poppy
Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare, / And left the flush'd print in a poppy there; / Like a yawn of fire from the grass it came, … -
Non Nobis
Not unto us, O Lord, / Not unto us the rapture of the day, / The peace of night, or love's divine surprise, … -
Sheep and Lambs
All in the April morning, / April airs were abroad; / The sheep with their little lambs … -
An Upper Chamber
I CAME into the City and none knew me; / None came forth, none shouted 'He is here! / Not a hand with laurel would bestrew me, … -
Renouncement
I MUST not think of thee; and, tired yet strong, / I shun the love that lurks in all delight— / The love of thee—and in the blue heaven's height, … -
The Lady of the Lambs
She walks—the lady of my delight— / A shepherdess of sheep. / Her flocks are thoughts. She keeps them white; … -
Ireland
'twas the dream of a God, / And the mould of His hand, / That you shook 'neath His stroke, …
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