«She surrendered without complaining; / She kissed, and no word said aloud, / — As deep as the dark water straining / To breathe in the edge of a cloud. She murmured not, "Why should we do it?" / Nor waited for vows to be said, / — As sweet as the evening when through it / A breath o...»
«When midnight has come to the desolate fen, / Almost unheard is the reeds’ rustle then. What do they whisper, and what do they say? / Why are the marshlights among them at play? They glimmer and shimmer and vanish from sight; / Then again is rekindled that wandering light. When midnight h...»
«Tramp squares with rebellious treading! / Up heads! As proud peaks be seen! / In the second flood we are spreading / Every city on earth will be clean. Pied days plod. / Slowly the years’ waggons come. / Speed’s our god. / Hearts are beating a drum. What gold is than ours diviner? ...»
«In the breeze, on a bough that is asking / If it’s time for the birds to sing, / Like a sparrow soaked with the showers. / My lilac blossom, you swing. The raindrop’s a heavy button, / And the garden in spate appears. / Bespattered and wet and sprinkled / As with millions of blue te...»