• Rugió el lascivo mar a la manera
    de un sátiro de barbas temblorosas,
    al poner tu presencia en la ribera
    su gracia peculiar sobre las cosas.

    Joyas raras y sedas olorosas
    prestigiaban tu dulce primavera
    y al deshojarse tus palabras era
    cual si estuvieran deshojando rosas.

    Hubo un silencio de éxtasis en todo...
    el mar violento suspiró a su...

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    Écoutez, écoutez, sous les forêts profondes
    La cigale causeuse a fini son refrain ;
    Seuls, les lourds chariots traînant les gerbes blondes,
    Font tinter dans le vent leurs clochettes d’airain.

    Les hôtes écailleux de la mer taciturne
    Sur la vague d’azur montrent leurs dos glissants,
    lit la fleur qui s’endort jette au pâtre nocturne,
    Comme un...

  • Now, on sea and land descending,
      Brings the night its peace profound:
    Let our vesper hymn be blending
      With the holy calm around.
    Soon as dies the sunset glory,
      Stars of heaven shine out above,
    Telling still the ancient story—
      Their Creator’s changeless love.

    Now, our wants and burdens leaving
      To his care who...

  • The Day is done; the weary day of thought and toil is past,
    Soft falls the twilight cool and gray on the tired earth at last:
    By wisest teachers wearied, by gentlest friends oppressed,
    In thee alone, the soul, outworn, refreshment finds, and rest.

    Bend, Gracious Spirit, from above, like these o’erarching skies,
    And to thy firmament of love lift up...