The Child of Destiny (George William Russell Poems)
THIS is the hero-heart of the enchanted isle, Whom now the twilight children tenderly enfold, Pat with their pearly palms ...
THIS is the hero-heart of the enchanted isle, Whom now the twilight children tenderly enfold, Pat with their pearly palms ...
WE woke from our sleep in the bosom where cradled together we lay: The love of the dark hidden Father ...
OH, the sudden wings arising from the ploughed fields brown Showered aloft in spray of song the wild-bird twitter floats ...
THE WINDS, the stars, and the skies though wrought By the heavenly King yet know it not; And man who ...
I WOULD I could weave in The colour, the wonder, The song I conceive in My heart while I ponder, ...
WE are desert leagues apart; Time is misty ages now Since the warmth of heart to heart Chased the shadows ...
WHEN the unquiet hours depart And far away their tumults cease, Within the twilight of the heart We bathe in ...
THE WONDER of the world is o'er: The magic from the sea is gone: There is no unimagined shore, No ...
WHO are exiles? As for me Where beneath the diamond dome Lies the light on hill or tree, There my ...
SEE where the light streams over Connla's fountain Starward aspire! The sacred sign upon the holy mountain Shines in white ...
ON me to rest, my bird, my bird: The swaying branches of my heart Are blown by every wind toward ...
DO you not feel the white glow in your breast, my bird? That is the flame of love I send ...
WELL, when all is said and done Best within my narrow way, May some angel of the sun Muse memorial ...
YOU remember, dear, together Two children, you and I, Sat once in the autumn weather, Watching the autumn sky. There ...
NOT her own sorrow only that hath place Upon yon gentle face. Too slight have been her childhood's years to ...
OVER all the dream-built margin, flushed with grey and hoary light, Glint the bubble planets tossing in the dead black ...
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