«In garden rang out music’s sound, / Untellable its grieving motion. / The fresh astringent waft of ocean / On icy plate of oysters found. He said to me: “I’m lasting friend!” / And gingerly his hand touched skirt’s edge. / It’s not the same as hugging forage — / These hand...»
«1 The lot by the graves was a dusty hot land; / The river behind — blue and cool. / You told me, "Well, go to a convent, / Or go marry a fool..." / Princes always say that, being placid or fierce, / But I cherish this speech, short and poor — / Let it flow and shine through a th...»
«(From "The Little Antic Poems") / / I think, the king was fierce, though young, / When he proclaimed, “You’ll level Thebes with ground.” / And the old chief perceived this city proud, / He’d seen in times that are in sagas sung. / Set all to fire! The king listed else / The to...»
«Along the hard crust of deep snows, / To the secret, white house of yours, / So gentle and quiet — we both / Are walking, in silence half-lost. / And sweeter than all songs, sung ever, / Are this dream, becoming the truth, / Entwined twigs’ a-nodding with favor, / The light ring of...»