«Blizzards were blowing everywhere / Throughout the land. / A candle burned upon the table, / A candle burned. As midgets in the summer fly / Towards a flame, / The snowflakes from the yard swarmed to / The window pane. And, on the glass, bright snowy rings / And arrows formed....»
«It snowed, it snowed across the world / At every turning. / A candle on the table burned, / A candle, burning. As midgeflies swarm in summertime / Toward a flame, / Snowflakes swarmed from the dark outside / Against the pane. The blizzard etched the glass with whirled / Arrows and ci...»
«A honeyed shade has covered / The Alexandrian halls / Pushkin She has kissed Anthony's dead lips already, / Already knelt and wept at Cæsar's feet. / Servants betrayed her. In the sprawling darkness / Rome's Eagle screams and trumpets her defeat. In comes the last man captive to her bea...»
«You'll surely come. So why wait anymore? / I'm waiting for you. I am through. / My light is out. My doors are open for / The simple wonder that is you. / So take whatever guise might strike your fancy: / Blast chemical weapons through my room, / Come quiet as the nightstick of a gangster...»