Love Poems – Page 122
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Allegra Agonistes
A gleam of gold in gloom and gray, / A call from out a fairer day. / O pang at heart and ebbing blood! … -
Make No Vows
I made a vow once, one only. / I was young and I was lonely. / When I grew strong I said: “This vow … -
I Give Thanks
There’s one that I once loved so much / I am no more the same. / I give thanks for that transforming touch. … -
The Slave
They set the slave free, striking off his chains…. / Then he was as much of a slave as ever. / He was still chained to servility, … -
The Lonely Child
Do you think, my boy, when I put my arms around you / To still your fears, / That it is I who conquer the dark and the lonely night? … -
Not Overlooked
Though i am little as all little things, / Though the stars that pass over my tininess are as the sands of the sea, / Though the garment of the night was made for a sky-giant and does not fit me, … -
The Runner in the Skies
Who is the runner in the skies, / With her blowing scarf of stars, / And our earth and sun hovering like bees about her blossoming heart! … -
Annie Shore and Johnnie Doon
annie shore, ’twas, sang last night / Down in South End saloon; / A tawdry creature in the light, … -
In the Mohave
As i rode down the arroyo through yuccas belled with bloom / I saw a last year’s stalk lift dried hands to the light, / Like age at prayer for death within a careless room, … -
My Sorrow
My sorrow that I am not by the little dun, / By the lake of the starlings at Rosses under the hill— / And the larks there, singing over the fields of dew, …
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