Monthly Archives: September 2006

One Life of so much Consequence! Yet I – for it – would pay – My Soul’s entire income – In ceaseless – salary – One Pearl – to me – so signal – That I would instant dive – … Continue reading →

So followed, Rustum left his tents, and crossed The camp, and to the Persian host appeared. And all the Persians knew him, and with shouts Hailed; but the Tartars knew not who he was. And dear as the wet diver … Continue reading →

Whereat amazed, as one that unaware Hath dropped a precious jewel in the flood, Or ‘stonished as night-wanderers often are, Their light blown out in some mistrustful wood; Even so confounded in the dark she lay, Having lost the fair … Continue reading →

I like not tears in tune, nor will I prize His artificial grief that scans his eyes, Mine weep down pious beads, but why should I Confine them to the Muses Rosary? I am no poet here; my pen’s the … Continue reading →

Best Things dwell out of Sight The Pearl – the Just – Our Thought. Must shun the Public Air Legitimate, and Rare – The Capsule of the Wind The Capsule of the Mind Exhibit here, as doth a Burr – … Continue reading →

Goe! hunt the whiter Ermine! and present His wealthy skin, and this dayes Tribute sent To my Endimion‘s Love; Though she be farre More gently smooth, more soft than Ermines are! Goe! climbe that Rock! and when thou there hast … Continue reading →

But what means this? The downy swathes combine, Conglobe, the smothery coy-caressing stuff Curdles about her! Vain each twist and twine Those lithe limbs try, encroached on by a fluff Fitting as close as fits the dented spine Its flexible … Continue reading →

This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, – The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their … Continue reading →