Was mine to know. The wonder of it lent
New ecstasy and glory to the earth.
I heard no voice that uttered it aloud,
Nor was it written for me on a scroll;
Yet, if alone or in the common crowd,
I felt myself a consecrated soul.
My child leaped in its dark and silent room
And cried, ‘I am,’ though all unheard by men.
So leaps my spirit in the body’s gloom
And cries, ‘I live! I shall be born again.’
Elate with certitude towards death I go,
Nor doubt, nor argue, since I know, I know!
And watches the strong young bindersStride down to the fields of grain.And she counts them over and overAs they pass her cottage door:Are they six, she counts them seven;Are they seven, she counts one more.When the sun swings high in the heavens,And the reapers go shouting home,She calls to the household, saying,‘Make haste! for the…
Fair with the haze of the moon’s pale rays,Bright with the sunset’s splendour.Summer and beauty over the lands –Careless hours of pleasure;A meeting of eyes and a touching of hands –A change in the floating measure.A deeper hue in the skies of blue,Winds from the tropics blowing;A softer grace in the fair moons face,And the…
But alone with her heart, from the world apartSat the woman who loved him.The woman he worshipped only smiledWhen he poured out his passionate love.But the other somewhere, kissed her treasure most rare,A book he had touched with his glove.The woman he loved betrayed his trust,And he wore the scars for life;And he cared not,…
Which makes them, in the face of fire and flood,Rise to the meaning of True Brotherhood.
Deeper and deeper I seem to seeWhy and wherefore it has to beOnly after the dark, wet daysDo we fully rejoice in the sun’s bright rays.Sweeter the crust tastes after the fastThan the sated gourmand’s finest repast.The faintest cheer sounds never amissTo the actor who once has heard a hiss.To one who the sadness of…
Better than I love my beloved art,Which, until you came, reigned royally, alone,My king, my master. Since I saw your faceI have dethroned it, and you hold that place.I am as weak as other women are –Your frown can make the whole world like a tombYour smile shines brighter than the sun, by far;Sometimes I…
