A Midnight Meditation (George William Russell Poems)
HOW often have I said, "We may not grieve for the immortal dead." And now, poor blenchèd heart, Thy ruddy ...
HOW often have I said, "We may not grieve for the immortal dead." And now, poor blenchèd heart, Thy ruddy ...
I WOULD I could weave in The colour, the wonder, The song I conceive in My heart while I ponder, ...
HOW came this pigmy rabble spun, After the gods and kings of old, Upon a tapestry begun With threads of ...
SEE where the light streams over Connla's fountain Starward aspire! The sacred sign upon the holy mountain Shines in white ...
THE CHILDREN were shouting together And racing along the sands, A glimmer of dancing shadows, A dovelike flutter of hands. ...
YOU remember, dear, together Two children, you and I, Sat once in the autumn weather, Watching the autumn sky. There ...
WHAT domination of what darkness dies this hour, And through what new, rejoicing, winged, ethereal power O'erthrown, the cells opened, ...
WHERE we sat at dawn together, while the star-rich heavens shifted, We were weaving dreams in silence, suddenly the veil ...
HERE where the loves of others close The vision of my heart begins. The wisdom that within us grows Is ...
THIS mood hath known all beauty, for it sees O'erwhelmed majesties In these pale forms, and kingly crowns of gold ...
WHEN for love it was fain of The wild heart was chidden, When the white limbs were clothed And the ...
I WHO had sought afar from earth The faery land to meet, Now find content within its girth And wonder ...
OVER all the dream-built margin, flushed with grey and hoary light, Glint the bubble planets tossing in the dead black ...
WE woke from our sleep in the bosom where cradled together we lay: The love of the dark hidden Father ...
THE BLUE dusk ran between the streets: my love was winged within my mind, It left to-day and yesterday and ...
WHAT miracle was it that made this grey Rathgar Seem holy earth, a leaping-place from star to star? I know ...
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