Shadows in the Water
In unexperienced infancy
Many a sweet mistake doth lie:
Mistake though false, intending true;
A…
Many a sweet mistake doth lie:
Mistake though false, intending true;
A…
Literature
The Glories of our Blood and State
The glories of our blood and state
Are shadows, not substantial things;
There is no…
Are shadows, not substantial things;
There is no…
“Merciful Heaven!”
Merciful Heaven!
Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt
Split’st the unwedgeable and gnarlèd…
Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt
Split’st the unwedgeable and gnarlèd…
Flowers without Fruit
Prune thou thy words; the thoughts control
That o’er thee swell and throng;—
They will…
That o’er thee swell and throng;—
They will…
What Dim Arcadian Pastures
What dim Arcadian pastures
Have I known
That suddenly, out of nothing,
A wind is…
Have I known
That suddenly, out of nothing,
A wind is…
From Thine Eyes My Knowledge I Derive
14.
Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck;
And yet methinks I have…
Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck;
And yet methinks I have…
Omar Khayyám
To A. L.
Sayer of sooth, and Searcher of dim skies!
Lover of Song, and…
Lover of Song, and…
To My Mother
Because I feel that, in the Heavens above,
The angels, whispering to one another,
Can…
The angels, whispering to one another,
Can…