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… may. POWER. THE mighty sound of forests murmuring In answer to the dread command ; The stars that shudder when their king ! Extends his hand, His awful hand to bless, to curse; or moves Toward the dimmest-den In the thick leaves, not known of loves Or nymphs or men ; (Only the sylph’s frail gossamer may wave Their quiet frondage yet, Only her dewy tears may lave The violet ;) The mighty answer of the shaken sky To his supreme behest ; the call Of ibex that behold on high Night’s funeral, And see the pale moon quiver and depart Far beyond space…
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140 AN APPEAL TO TIE AMERICAN REPUBLIC For by the groves of green and quiet ways, | When their strong hands gripped hard across y g g q ) g gripp And on the windy reaches of the river, In moonlit night and blue unbroken days, And where the cold ice breaks in pallid bays, And where dim dawns in frosty forest shiver ; Where India burns and far Australia glows ; Where cactus blooms, where rose, Let our hearts’ beat be heard, to lighten many woes. Sister and daughter of our loyal isle, Gur hands reach out to you, our lips are fain To wreathe with y…
1905 · PDF PAGE 100
…not to his fullest yet : Our love shall get Such woodland welcome as none ever had To make it glad. Come, it is time, cling closer to my hand. We understand. We must go forth together, not to part. O perfect heart ! O little heart that beats to mine, away Before the day Ring out the tocsin for our flight ! Ts keen to dip Her plunging forehead in the silvering sea. ‘To-morrow we Shall be so far away, and then to-morrow Shall shake off sorrow And be to-morrow and not change for ever : No dawn shall sever The sleepy eyelids of the night, no eve Sh…
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…st countenance! above All glory of the soul of man, Baffled my blind aspiring gaze With sunlight’s melancholy rays, And closed with iron hand the ways That sunder space, divide the days with fiery fan. Thine was the forehead mild and grave That shone throughout the azure nave Where Monte Rosa’s silence gave The starry organ’s measured sound. Where for an altar stood the bare Mass of Mont Cervin,” towering there; And angels dwelt upon the stair, And all the mountains were aware that stood around. Thine was the passionless divine High hope, and t…
1905 · PDF PAGE 23
… all realms ! that thou must die. This only chance is left thee yet, to fly Within that sanctity even he not dares To touch with impious hand; thus un- awares Creep in among the colunnns to a gate My hand shall show thee; it will open straight And thou must lie forgotten till his rage Have lost its first excess—then may we wage A more successful war against his power.” But Charicles: “Shall I for one short hour Fly from his tyranny? Am I such man As should flee from him? Let the pale and wan Women have fear—in strength of justice, I {lis vain f…
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… the passion of thy mighty rhyme: Eagle, and pheenix: shrill, sharp flames bedizen The burning citadel, where crested Man Leaps sword in hand upon the Vatican. Those dire words spoken, that thine hammer beat, Of fire and steel and music, wrath god- worded, Consuming with immeasurable heat The sties and kennels of priest and king, that girded The loins of many peoples, till the seat Of Hell was shaken to its deep, and herded Hosts of the tyrant trembled, faltered, fled, When none pursued but curses of men dead :— See, from the Calvary of the Son…
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…es of pearl of Paradise. Happy lovers, dwell together In the isles of golden weather, Free of tyranny and tether, Roam the world, linked hand in hand, Moonlight for your sleep, and breezes Fresh from where the Ocean freezes, And the cold Aurora stands With new lilies in her hands. Ilappy lovers, twilight falls. Let us leave you for awhile, Guarding all the golden walls With the weapon ofa smile. Silver arrows from the maiden With new labours laden Shall be shot at bold intruders who would violate your peace ; Lightning shall keep watch and ward…
1905 · PDF PAGE 63
…f the sea. | There steals through my coldness a fire, Between my slow words is a sword, One lit by the heart of desire, One sharp in the hand of the Lord; To these that sink, sleep, and expire, your welcome accord, With wrath or repose for its raiment Your power, like a pyramid, stands; My love, with no claim, as a claimant Came seeking out truthin the sands, Found truth, and must placein poor payment this bookin your hands.
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…Love’s birchen bark. The night is over Love, love to-night. To-night is all we know, Is all our care; lips joined to lips we lie, Tender hands touching, hearts in tune to die, With willing kiss reluctant to let go; So sweet love’s last enduring sigh For sleep, so sure, so slow. Sleep, sleep to-night. Our arms are inter- twined; Breath desires breath and hand imprisons hand ; Breezes cool faces, rosy with the brand Of long sweet kisses; sun shall dawn and find Two lovers who have passed the land Of sleep—-and found Death kind. MAN’S HOPE. Ere fa…
1905 · PDF PAGE 172
…oison the unrighteous life of God ! [ULRIc looks on tn a completely dased manier, uncouprehend&ing. Cora (takes rasor and puts tt in his hand). Wall yourself. ULRIC (smiling, as tf with some divine and ineffable joy, draws the razor across hts throat, cutting in deeply. He falls bleeding.) My dear! Cora. That is my duty to my motherhood. Let me now think of all this happening. [Ske sinks slowly into a chatr tremb- ling. She puts her hand to her throat as tf choking. She bites her “ip and sits easily back, looking straight before her with uncomp…
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…olk are slain or violate, And all our young men murderously slain, And children spitted on their coward spears. CHORUS. How heavy is Thy hand upon us, Lord ! MESSENGER. Nor stayed they there ; but, firing Mahanaim, Sweep toward Mizpeh like a locust-cloud. ELEAZAR. Get thee to horse and carry me this message: The Elders unto Jephthah, greeting: Help! No single cry beyond that Help! Be gone! [#x7z¢t Messenger. CHORUS. I fear me our necessity is sure. But they come hither. Shall we rather flee? ELEAZAR. I stand here manly, and will die a man. CHOR…
1905 · PDF PAGE 155
…ically moving through the dance, The many mourners, and the fatal bier Looms in the dimness of the anteroom. It is enough. My hour is at hand! CHORUS exter and ctrcumarntbulate. Even as the traitor’s breath Goeth forth, he perisheth By the secret sibilant word that is spoken unto death. Even as the profane hand Reacheth to the sacred sand, Fire consumes him that his name be forgotten in the land. Even as the wicked eye Seeks the mysteries to spy, So the blindness of the gods takes his spirit : he shall die. Even as the evil priest, Poisoned by …
1905 · PDF PAGE 153
…med protectors of the Egyptian land. Go forth avenging ; men shall understand And worship, seeing justice as a spouse Lean on thine iron hand. not made for For Murder walks by night, and hides her face, But righteous Wrath in the light, and knows his place ; For hate of a mother is ill, and the lightning flashes But foil a harlot’s will, burn the earth to ashes, Cleanse the incestuous sty of a whore’s desire, Scatter the dung to the sky, and burn her with fire ! So the avenging master shall cleanse his fate of shame, Set his seal of disaster, a…
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…he iron walls of death, And seeks strange portals, pale and wise. My lips are fervent, as in prayer, Thy lips are parted, as to kiss: My hand is clenched upon the air, Thy hand's soft touch, how sweet it is ! The wind is amorous of the sea ; The sea’s large limbs to its embrace Curl, and thy perfume curls round me, An incense on my eager face. O emerald star, deep beauty’s avatar, Are thy skies dim? What throne is thine above? Where is the crownof thee —thy sevenfold star, My heart of love? | Then from the clinging mist there came a singing; A …
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…g of fleshly pangs and pleasures. Oh! The god is fast upon my back ; he rides My spirit like a stallion ; for I hate The awful thong his hand is heavy with. ELEAZAR. Speak, for the god compels, and we behold. PROPHET. A harlot shall be mother of Israel. CHORUS. He speaks of her who sighed for Gilead. PROPHET, A maiden shall be slain for many men. CHORUS. A doubtful word, and who shall fathom it? PROPHET. Thy help is from the hills and desert lands. CHORUS. Our help is from the hills: we know the Lord. PROPHET. Death rides most violently against…
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…he ‘Vale of Archiis.” But it was thought inadvisable to form a precedent of this kind, as the book was regularly published. On the other hand, by adhering to this rule any poem not appearing in this edition may be definitely discarded as spurious.
1905 · PDF PAGE 116
…f flawless weather, And the stars join in one triumphal band, Because we broke the inexorable tether That bound our passion with an iron hand. DE PROFUNDIS.! BLoob, mist, and foam, then darkness. On my eyes Sits heaviness, the poor worn body lies Devoid of nerve and muscle ; it were death Save for the heart that throbs, the breast that sighs. The brain reels drowsily, the mind is dulled, Deadened and drowned by noises that are lulled By the harsh poison of the hateful breath. All sense and sound and seeming is annulled. 1 Composed while walking…
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…s sheen With light inlaid ; But God, who forged it, breathed upon its point, And His pure unction did the hilt anoint. Within the poet’s hand he laid the sword : With reverent ear The poet listened to His word Cleansed through of fear. The brightness of the glory of the Lord Grew adamant, a spear ! «And when he took the falchion in his hand Lo! kings and princes bowed to his command. Then shall the flag of England flaunt In peaceful might, The sceptred isle of dying Gaunt! Shall rule by right. The sons of England shall bid Hell avaunt And pries…
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…bove, And Sleep and Death and Life are dead, And Lust is One with Love. 1 /.e,, that state of mind which perceives the hidden unity. 2 A hand is here used as a syinbol of the Infinite Point because Yod—the Greek Iota— means a hand,
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…urch and State Drove forth to baffle Fate Our sires and yours, whose fame is grown this year so great. That morning of deliverance is at hand; The world requickens, and all folk rejoice, Seeing our kingdom look toward your land, And both catch hands, indissolubly grand In the proud friendship of a better choice. Your winds that wrought wild wreckage on our shore Shall sink and be no more, Or waft your barks, with wheat gold-laden, swiftly o’er. Our foamcaps, that your rocks disdainful flung Back to the waves that left our beaten coast, Shall be…