Janus (George William Russell Poems)
IMAGE of beauty, when I gaze on thee, Trembling I waken to a mystery, How through one door we go ...
IMAGE of beauty, when I gaze on thee, Trembling I waken to a mystery, How through one door we go ...
AT dusk the window panes grew grey; The wet world vanished in the gloom; The dim and silver end of ...
WE woke from our sleep in the bosom where cradled together we lay: The love of the dark hidden Father ...
THOUGH your eyes with tears were blind, Pain upon the path you trod: Well we knew, the hosts behind, Voice ...
O HOLY SPIRIT of the Hazel, hearken now: Though shining suns and silver moons burn on the bough, And though ...
WHEN the dawn comes forth I wonder Will our sad, sad hearts awaken, And the grief we laboured under From ...
WE turned back mad from the mystic mountains, All foamed with red and with elfin gold: Up from the heart ...
I HAVE wept a million tears: Pure and proud one, where are thine, What the gain though all thy years ...
THE BLUE dusk ran between the streets: my love was winged within my mind, It left to-day and yesterday and ...
THE EAST was crowned with snow-cold bloom And hung with veils of pearly fleece: They died away into the gloom, ...
WHAT miracle was it that made this grey Rathgar Seem holy earth, a leaping-place from star to star? I know ...
WHAT domination of what darkness dies this hour, And through what new, rejoicing, winged, ethereal power O'erthrown, the cells opened, ...
LET us leave our island woods grown dim and blue; O'er the waters creeping the pearl dust of the eve ...
ERE I lose myself in the vastness and drowse myself with the peace, While I gaze on the light and ...
HOW often have I said, "We may not grieve for the immortal dead." And now, poor blenchèd heart, Thy ruddy ...
DOES the earth grow grey with grief For her hero darling fled? Though her vales let fall no leaf, In ...
I WOULD I could weave in The colour, the wonder, The song I conceive in My heart while I ponder, ...
COME earth's little children pit-pat from their burrows on the hill; Hangs within the gloom its weary head the shining ...
OH, if my spirit may foretell Or earlier impart, It is because I always dwell With morning in my heart. ...
THE TWINKLING mists of green and gold Afloat in the abyss of air, From out the window high and old ...
SHADOWWHO art thou, O Glory, In flame from the deep Where stars chant their story; Why trouble my sleep? I ...
THIS is the red, red region Your heart must journey through: Your pains will here be legion And joy be ...
THE WONDER of the world is o'er: The magic from the sea is gone: There is no unimagined shore, No ...
THE CHILDREN awoke in their dreaming While earth lay dewy and still: They followed the rill in its gleaming To ...
WITH eyes all untroubled she laughs as she passes, Bending beneath the creel with the seaweed brown, Till evening with ...
WHEN in my shadowy hours I pierce the hidden heart of hopes and fears, They change into immortal joys or ...
WHO are exiles? As for me Where beneath the diamond dome Lies the light on hill or tree, There my ...
NOT her own sorrow only that hath place Upon yon gentle face. Too slight have been her childhood's years to ...
DARK head by the fireside brooding, Where upon your ears Whirlwinds of the earth intruding Sound in wrath and tears: ...
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