Category: Poetry

The Sunlit Hours

Verhaeren, Emile, 1855-1916; Murphy, Charles Royier, 1884- [Translator]· 2 chapters· 4,073 words

I. "O, the Splendour of this Joy of Ours" II. "What Tho' We See It Break Before Us Into Flowers" III. "This Carven Column Whereon Monsters Cling" IV. "The Night, Unfolding, Banishes the Day" V. "Remembering Thy Gracious Gift to Me" VI. "At Times Thou Art the Spacious Light and...

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1. Part 1

I. "O, the Splendour of this Joy of Ours" II. "What Tho' We See It Break Before Us Into Flowers" III. "This Carven Column Whereon Monsters Cling" IV. "The Night, Unfolding, Bani...

2. Part 2

This fair garden flowering to flame, That seems the wondrous beauty to proclaim Of that clear garden whereunto we cleave, Is crystallised in frosted gold this eve. A great white...