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…ere walked the King 's White Daughter They flew and took the sunlight which sparkled in her crown . And on the lawn she saw them , their long V'd shadows slanting , While beside her walked the peacocks, and behind her strolled the page ; And she cried with her hands clasped , “ Why should these go flaunting ? They kill the pretty sunlight ! ' Tis the sign of Death and Age !" " There is nor age nor death for thee , my Lady , Thou art enchanted ” — and up he took his bow . “ True !” she cried laughing , “ but still more persuade me , Strike them …
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Rupert Brooke. Day long and watch the Cambridge sky, And, flower -lulled in sleepy grass , Hear the cool lapse of hours pass , Until the centuries blend and blur In Grantchester , in Grantchester . . . . Still in the dawnlit waters cool His ghostly Lordship swims his pool, And tries the strokes , essays the tricks, Long learnt on Hellespont, or Styx ; Dan Chaucer hears his river still Chatter beneath a phantom mill ; Tennyson notes , with studious eye, How Cambridge waters hurry by . . . And in that garden , black and white , Creep whispers thr…
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lolo Aneurin Williams. *HESITANCY . OH heart , how long shall we serve errantry Among the mazes of uncertain youth ? How long be hampered round with this uncouth Grotesque array of half - fidelity , Half -love, half -wisdom ; all this misery Of wondering ? But when shall we with smooth And easy mind say “ Look ! for here is truth , Here love , and here the godhead certainty ." Shall that god come ? or must we bear about With us the torment of a sleepless wit ? Still shirk acceptance ? Still desire to prove ? And even in life 's best moment , pa…
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…one ; and to the next with quenchless glee I turned . Therefore I vanquished one by one The hearts that centuries could not decay. Night-long I toiled , but when the East grew fawn I ceased , and there amid the waste at dawn Rested, like God upon the seventh day . Then , shouldering the shining axe , I strode Across the sunrise ; and the life-long hate Flowered into joy . Scarce heard , his iron gate Clanged - to behind me as I took the road . * FLAME . O NLY the fire of love can fuse and burn This solid world to spirit . But we two Have caught…
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… went off with Alice Scott , And I was pitied for what he 'd done , In 1741. But Jimmy dear , you mustn 't cry ; Those bad old times are long gone by . And now I watch the children play And never grieve till they ' re away . You little boys are bold and strong And after mischief all day long ; Your pretty bodies , swift and free , Your shrilling voices , call to me . Oh Jimmy dear , will you away With Mary Ford to come and play ? That I may have you for my own , And never more be all alone ." And Mary stretched her arms to him , Till Jimmy shoo…
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…e . Lifts up his voice , elate , And carols blithe and free ; For to create Is ecstasy . Pain has but little worth For those who travail long To bring to birth A son , a song .
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…. She knows the captors small and weak , She knows the prisoners strong , She hears the patient hills that speak : ' Brothers, it is not long ; ‘ Brothers we stood when they were not Ten thousand summers past . Brothers when they are clean forgot We shall outlive the last ; One shall die and one shall flee With terror in his train , And earth shall eat the stones , and we Shall be alone again .' 177
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Frances Cornford . YOUTH . A YOUNG Apollo , golden -haired, Stands dreaming on the verge of strife , Magnificently unprepared For the long littleness of life . THE CERTAIN KNOT OF PEACE . SO , my proud soul , so you , whose shining force Had galloped with me to eternity , Stand now , appealing like a tired horse : Unharness me . O passionate world ; O faces of my friends ! O half - grasped meanings , intricate and deep ! Sudden , as with a child , the tumult ends , Silenced by sleep . PRE - EXISTENCE . I LAID me down upon the shore And dreamed …
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…o wait . I knew His weakness called me to be strong ; I knew that I must travel where He trod ; And that , although the path be hard and long , His eyes would pierce me yet , alive with song . It has been so: and never did I doubt His word that lakeside morning by the fire ; First battle ; then the song of them that shout ! Go quickly , lad ; they come to lead me out . 99
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…There he found her , he , a man , Wandering by the sea , And desire through him ran Misty white was she . There he wooed her , wooed her long , Till , within her eyes , Where were erst moonshine and song , Dawned in slow surprise 158
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…ocean . Echoing , Faintly amid their unseen hollows ring The bells of sheep that muster to their fold . Beneath the rampart of the low , long range Green Sussex sleeps , nor fears that Time or Change Shall mar the music of her hill and lea ; Secure that nothing ever shall estrange Her children 's love , eternal as the sea That crowns her infinite serenity . 170
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Victor B. Neuburg . This I knew when long ago I came to God suffused in woe , And he gave his life to me, And he died upon the tree, And the tree gave fruit and bloom , And it grew a god 's green tomb . And he rose again to be All the pulsing world to me. "SEASCAPE . ACROSS the sandy shallows The salt winds cry and mourn ; The little twittering swallows Cry out their notes ; forlorn The grass at the sea 's edge On the cliff ledge . A cold grey sky ; the wind Rustles through the trees ; Chilled grasses weep ; unkind To them the icy breeze . Brow…
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Frances Cornford . I only know the sun shone down As still it shines to -day, And in my fingers long and brown The little pebbles lay . IN DORSET. CROM muddy road to muddy lane I I plodded through the falling rain : For miles and miles was nothing there But mist and mud , and hedges bare . At length approaching I espied Two gypsy women side by side, They turned their faces hard and bold And brown and freshened by the cold , And stared at me in gypsy wise With shrewd , unfriendly , savage eyes. No word they said , no more dared I , And so we pas…
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…lls that are against me bathed in gold light. And I shall be glad of life, and that the time has come when I may know her whom I have so long desired . And when the sun is no more , my body shall be blown to the four corners of the earth . But I shall be free to mingle with her whom I love . I shall be one for ever with the uttermost parts of the dim constellations .
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James Elroy Flecker . THE BALLAD OF CAMDEN TOWN . I WALKED with Maisie long years back I The streets of Camden Town, I splendid in my suit of black And she divine in brown. Hers was a proud and noble face, A secret heart , and eyes Like water in a lonely place Beneath unclouded skies . A bed , a chest, a faded mat And broken chairs a few , Were all we had to grace our flat In Hazel Avenue . But I could walk to Hampstead Heath And crown her head with daisies, And watch the streaming world beneath And men with other Maisies . When I was ill and s…
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…, O Lord , on this our Motherland , I Thine England of the Seas ; below the verge Her foes are gathering , even as the surge Musters its long dark lines to storm the sand . What worth have we or valour to withstand The shock of hosts , what merit to emerge Pure from the flame ? yet grant to us the scourge But spare the bolt in Thine uplifted hand . Great God , Who dost not doom the sins of men With cold , grey justice of a human eye , Have not our fathers glorified Thy name ? Hath she no service yet ? O grant us then This respite , gracious Lor…
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…ave unlettered , wailing what ye have not yet heard ; Wrecked and rotting, foul and fettered ; we who once were fair and free ; Hope was long ago discarded : all our crews and captains are dead Sepulchred and see - weed guarded in the dark Sargasso Sea .
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…epulchre of day. The moon is up : upon the prow We stand and watch the moon . A star is lustred on your brow ; Your lips begin a tune, A long , low tune of love that swells Little by little , and lights The overarching miracles Of Love's desire , and Night's. It swells, it rolls to triumph -song Through luminous black skies : Thrills into silence sharp and strong , Assumes its peace , and dies . There is the night : it covers close The lilies folded fair Of all your beauty , and the rose Half hidden in your hair . There is the night : unseen I …
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… vain . John . Still , still I seek Him : all of you are wrong . He must exist . I cannot understand Why He withholds His countenance so long . Farewell . Joscelyn . Stay ! See , Bernardo is at hand . John . Bernardo ! Joy ! Come , herald of the dawn , Renowned Bernardo , whom men call the true ! The cloud shall lift . The veil shall be withdrawn . Hail , prophet , bail ! My spirit yearns for you . ( Bernardo enters . All Hail ! Hail ! John . Oh , learned master , solve our grief ! By whom were we uplifted from the sod ? We lean upon thy wisdom…
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…indow slant your hand And sidle up the garden stair ; Cherish each flower in all the land With soft encroachments of cool air . Lay your long fingers on the sea And shake your shadow at the sun , Darkly reminding him that he Relieve you when your work is done . Rally your wizardries , and wake A noonday panic cold and rude , Till ' neath the ferns the drowsy snake Is conscious of his solitude . Then as your sorcery declines Elaborate your pomp the more , So shall your gorgeous new designs Crown your beneficence before . 104