Monthly Archives: May 2012

Out of the mid-wood’s twilightInto the meadow’s dawn,Ivory limbed and brown-eyed,Flashes my Faun! He skips through the copses singing,And his shadow dances along,And I know not which I should follow,Shadow or song! O Hunter, snare me his shadow!O Nightingale, catch … Continue reading →

I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. By thirty hills I hurry down, Or slip between the ridges, By twenty thorpes, a little … Continue reading →

What’s the best thing in the world? June-rose, by May-dew impearled; Sweet south-wind, that means no rain; Truth, not cruel to a friend; Pleasure, not in haste to end; Beauty, not self-decked and curled Till its pride is over-plain; Light, … Continue reading →

Fair river! in thy bright, clear flowOf crystal, wandering water,Thou art an emblem of the glowOf beauty — the unhidden heart —The playful maziness of artIn old Alberto’s daughter; But when within thy wave she looks —Which glistens then, and … Continue reading →

I carry your heart with me(I carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere I go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling) I fear no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want … Continue reading →

The rain gullies the garden paths And tinkles on the broad sides of grass blades.A tree, at the end of my arm, is hazy with mist.Even so, I can see that it has red berries,A scarlet fruit,Filmed over with moisture.It … Continue reading →

I Who would beA merman bold,Sitting aloneSinging aloneUnder the sea,With a crown of gold,On a throne? II I would be a merman bold,I would sit and sing the whole of the day;I would fill the sea-halls with a voice of … Continue reading →

I Who would beA mermaid fair,Singing alone,Combing her hairUnder the sea,In a golden curlWith a comb of pearl,On a throne? II I would be a mermaid fair;I would sing to myself the whole of the day;With a comb of pearl … Continue reading →