Category: Poetry
BALLADES IN BLUE CHINA. PAGE Ballade of Theocritus 15 Ballade of Cleopatra’s Needle 17 Ballade of Roulette 19 Ballade of Sleep 21 Ballade of the Midnight Forest 24 Ballade of the Tweed 27 Ballade of the Book-hunter 29 Ballade of the Voyage to Cythera 31 Ballade of the Summer T...
Alas, the strong, the wise, the brave, That boast themselves the sons of men! Once they go down into the grave— Alas, the strong, the wise, the brave,— They perish and have none...
2. Part 2The sea may be our sepulchre. If Fate, If tempests wreak their wrath on us, serene We watch the bolt of heaven, and scorn the hate Of angry gods that smite us in their spleen. P...
3. Part 3Where smooth the southern waters run By rustling leagues of poplars grey, Beneath a veiled soft southern sun, We wandered out of yesterday, Went maying through that ancient May...
4. Part 4_But still his crumbling urns are found_ _Within the window-bay_, _Where once he listened to the sound_ _That lulls you day by day_;— _The sound of summer winds at play_, _The n...
1. Part 1BALLADES IN BLUE CHINA. PAGE Ballade of Theocritus 15 Ballade of Cleopatra’s Needle 17 Ballade of Roulette 19 Ballade of Sleep 21 Ballade of the Midnight Forest 24 Ballade of th...
6. Part 6_THE graver by Apollo’s shrine_, _Before the Gods had fled_, _would stand_, _A shell or onyx in his hand_, _To copy there the face divine_, _Till earnest touches_, _line by line...