Category: Poetry

The Evening Hours

Verhaeren, Emile, 1855-1916; Murphy, Charles Royier, 1884- [Translator]· 2 chapters· 4,111 words

I. "Tender Flowers, Light as the Sea's Foam" II. "If It Be True" III. "Dead is the Glycin and the Hawthorne Flower" IV. "Draw Your Chair to Mine" V. "Be Kind and Comforting to Us, Oh Light!" VI. "Alas, the Time of Crimson Phlox is Past" VII. "The Evening Falls, the Moon is Gol...

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1. Part 1

I. "Tender Flowers, Light as the Sea's Foam" II. "If It Be True" III. "Dead is the Glycin and the Hawthorne Flower" IV. "Draw Your Chair to Mine" V. "Be Kind and Comforting to U...

2. Part 2

And may I feel, before the tomb is mine, Upon the pure, white bed our hands that seek Each other once again, and near my head Feel for the last time repose your cheek;