“Star-Talk” by Robert Graves
Star-Talk 'Are you awake, Gemelli, This frosty night?' 'We'll be awake till reveillé, Which is Sunrise,' say the Gemelli, 'It's ...
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“Eros and Psyche” by Richard Aldington
"Eros and Psyche" In an old dull yard near Camden Town, Which echoes with the rattle of cars and 'busses ...
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“Tidal Gossip by Robert Alden Sanborn
"Tidal Gossip" With a kick of white lace The ruffled waves Flirt to the winking sun; Minding not the stodgy ...
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“Now the gold goes trickling out of the sunset” by Arnold James
"I" Now the gold goes trickling out of the sunset, Leaving blue and the deep slumbering red : (Beautiful, calm ...
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“Moonstruck” by Richard Hughes
"Moonstruck" Cold shone the moon, with noise The night went by. Trees uttered things of woe: Bent grass dared not ...
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“Clouds across the Canyon” by John Gould Fletcher
"Clouds across the Canyon" Shadows of clouds March across the canyon, Shadows of blue hands passing Over a curtain of ...
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“You” by Horace Holley
"You" By you all things are changed. My friends and foes alike Become as strangers without name, [ . ...
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“New Saints” by Sherard Vines
"New Saints" Christ Communist, accept these latest Saints following the antique way, Liebknecht, who scorned kings and the greatest, And ...
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“Her New-Year Posy” by William Kerr
"Her New-Year Posy" When I seek the world through For images of you, Though apple-blossom is glad And the lily ...
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“Brooding Grief” by D.H. Lawrence
"Brooding Grief" A yellow leaf from the darkness Hops like a frog before me — — Why should I start ...
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“The Dancer” by Arthur Davison Ficke
"The Dancer" They were godly people, all of them, With whom I dined in the café that night— Substantial citizens ...
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“The Complex Life” by Iris Tree
"The Complex Life" I know it to be true that those who live As do the grasses and the lilies ...
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“Dust” by Rupert Brooke
"Dust" When the white flame in us is gone, And we that lost the world's delight Stiffen in darkness, left ...
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“Beauty Thou Hast Hurt Me Overmuch” by Richard Aldington
Beauty Thou Hast Hurt Me Overmuch The light is a wound to me. The soft notes Feed upon the wound ...
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“Preludes” by T.S. Eliot
"Preludes" 1. The winter evening settles down With smells of steaks in passage ways. Six o'clock. The burnt-out ends of ...
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“Black Velvet” by Iris Tree
"Black Velvet" The darkness of the trees at deep midnight, And sombreness of shadows in the lake; A mountain in ...
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“The Sleeper” by Walter de la Mare
"The Sleeper" As Ann came in one summer's day, She felt that she must creep, So silent was the clear ...
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“The Rose” by John Cournos
The Rose I remember a day when I stood on the sea shore at Nice, holding a scarlet rose in ...
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