Elinor Wylie Poems (59 Poems)

King’s Ransom (Elinor Wylie Poems)

About the Emperor's thumb revolving,Mouthed by Manchu's enamelled dragon;Upon the damasked barge, dissolvingWithin the deep Egyptian flagon;Downcast before the swine ...

Sonnet X (Elinor Wylie Poems)

SONNET XFrom One PersonWhen I perceive the sable of your hairSilvered, and deep within those caverns areYour eyesockets, a double-imaged ...

XVII (Elinor Wylie Poems)

Upon your heart, which is the heart of allMy late discovered earth and early sky,Give me the dearest privilege to ...

Parting Gift (Elinor Wylie Poems)

I cannot give you the Metropolitan Tower;I cannot give you heaven;Nor the nine Visigoth crowns in the Cluny Museum;Nor happiness, ...

Preference (Elinor Wylie Poems)

These to me are beautiful people;Thick hair sliding in a rippleA tall throat, round as a column;A mournful mouth, small ...

Cold-Blooded (Elinor Wylie Poems)

Man, the egregious egoist(In mystery the twig is bent)Imagines, by some mental twist,That he alone is sentientOf the intolerable loadThat ...

Love Song (Elinor Wylie Poems)

Lovers eminent in love Ever diversities combine; The vocal chords of the cushat-dove, The snake's articulated spine. Such elective elements ...

Nadir (Elinor Wylie Poems)

If we must cheat ourselves with any dream, Then let it be a dream of nobleness: Since it is necessary ...

Atavism (Elinor Wylie Poems)

I was always afraid of Somes's Pond: Not the little pond, by which the willow stands, Where laughing boys catch ...

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