THE LOVERS - The rose did caper on her cheek
The rose did caper on her cheek, / Her bodice rose and fell,
Previous Poems of the Day
BLOOM upon the Mountain, stated
BLOOM upon the Mountain, stated, / Blameless of a name.
The Eagle (A Fragment )
He clasps the crag with crooked hands; / Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Old Codger
Of garden truck he made his fare, / As his bright eyes bore witness;
Old Engine Driver
For five and twenty years I've run / A famous train;
Periods
My destiny it is tonight / To sit with pensive brow
A death-blow is a life-blow to some
A death-blow is a life-blow to some / Who, till they died, did not alive become;
The Flower
Once in a golden hour / ; ; I cast to earth a seed.
Finis
Now it's over, and now it's done; / Why does everything look the same?
Miss Mischievous
Miss Don't-do-this and Don't-do-that / Has such a sunny smile
In Memoriam A. H. H.: 67
When on my bed the moonlight falls, / ; ; ; ;I know that in thy place of rest
Talking
And then a scholar said, Speak of Talking. / And he answered, saying:
Charity
The Princess was of ancient line, / Of royal race was she;
AH, Teneriffe
AH, Teneriffe! / Retreating Mountain!
COMPENSATION - For each ecstatic instant
For each ecstatic instant / We must an anguish pay
A Bachelor
'Why keep a cow when I can buy,' / Said he, 'the milk I need,'
Continuities
Nothing is ever really lost, or can be lost, / No birth, identity, form--no object of the world.
Failure
He wrote a play; by day and night / He strove with passion and delight;
Cross
My old man's a white old man / And my old mother's black.
Evenfall
When day is done I steal away / To fold my hands in rest,