By the Aurelian Wall By the Aurelian wall Is consecrated shade; Snatched from the fiery pall Here Shelley's heart was laid. Fitting his mortal part Should pass in cloud and flame— All save...
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The gold of morning fills The hollows of the Galilean hills. With tilted urns The flaming poppy burns; The lupins, gemmed with dew, Dot the fresh sward like tiny pools of blue. The rathe...
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cDromod "Here lies Dromod—pray for him! Thus within a cloister dim You may read the graven lines. Who was Dromod ? None divines. In the twilight cool and long Listening to the vesper...
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z^ary As I went down Loch Leven's shore Upon a waning day, "Mary, Mary, Mary," low Cried waves that lapped my feet before Within a little bay; And wan wraiths by me seemed to go— Darnley,...
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Introspection When the dark devil Under the world Bowls the red moon up Into the heavens And its thin shadows Chill the earth's slumber Thin, chilling shadows Move over my heart. Sadly,...
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610 POEMS The Faun In the recurrent dawn and dew He cut a reed and notched it true; Tra-lal tra-lal tra-lira-la! Right merrily he blew and blew. He puffed his cheeks, he pursed his lips; The...
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78 THE COMMONWEAL November 24, 1926 POEMS Valley of the Vanished Kings All night the thundering of horsemen fills The valley-floor with music. All night long The hemlocks hear the...
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324 THE COMMONWEAL August 4, 1926 in the valley, or follows logically from the above, any- the divorce...
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April 7, 1926 THE COMMONWEAL 607 Mater Dolorosa Stood the Mother in her anguish By the Cross whereon did languish, Clenched with nails, her Son and Lord; While her spirit's...
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i86 THE COMMONWEAL December 23, 1925 POEMS "They Also Called Me Carpenter' Once, on a night of stars, I was aroused By Someone speaking close beside my bed. "Consider," said the Voice, "how...
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November 4, I925-THE COMMONWEAL 637 some kind seem always to be needed. The university must do a deal of lobbying during the legislative ses- sion; the president and deans scamper back and forth...
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