"Black Velvet"
The darkness of the trees at deep midnight,
And sombreness of shadows in the lake;
A mountain in the starlight wide awake
Dreaming to Heaven with imperial might
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Iris Tree's poem "Black Velvet" was published in 1917 in the second "cycle" or issue of Wheels. To read this poem in full in a digitized version of this publication, follow the link(s) below:
"The Sleeper"
As Ann came in one summer's day,
She felt that she must creep,
So silent was the clear cool house,
It seemed a house of sleep.
And sure, when she pushed open the door,
Rapt in the stillness there,
Her mother sat, with stooping head,
Asleep upon a chair;
Fast—fast asleep; her two hands laid
Loose-folded on her knee,
So that her small unconscious face
Looked half unreal to be:
So calmly lit with sleep's pale light
Each feature was; so fair
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Walter de la Mare's poem "The Sleeper" was published in Georgian Poetry, 1911-1912. To read this poem in full in a digitized version of this publication, follow the link(s) below:
The Rose
I remember a day when I stood on the sea shore at
Nice, holding a scarlet rose in my hands.
The calm sea, caressed by the sun, was brightly
garmented in blue, veiled in gold, and violet, verging
on silver.
Gently the waves lapped the shore, and scatter-
ing into pearls, emeralds and opals, hastened towards
my feet with a monotonous, rhythmical sound, like the
prolonged note of a single harp-string.
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John Cournos' poem "The Rose," which was inspired by K. Tetmaier was published in the 1914 imagist anthology, Des Imagistes. To read this poem in full in a digitized version of this publication, follow the links below:
The Blue Mountain Project (The Glebe)
The Modernist Journals Project (Charles and Albert Boni edition)
"Leafless"
You are so straight and still
What does it mean?
Are you concerned
in the tops of you now
with sky matters
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Alfred Kreymborg's poem "Leafless" was published in the 1917 Others anthology. To read this poem in full in a digitized version of this publication, follow the link(s) below: