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From the steep mountain wall;
That fall; and flash; and fleet
With silver feet;

Ye woods; ye streams that lave
The meadows with your wave;
Ye hills; and valley fair;
Attend my prayer!

When Heaven and Fate decree
My latest hour for me;
When I must pass away
From pleasant day;

I ask that none my break
The marble for my sake;
Wishful to make more fair
My sepulchre。

Only a laurel tree
Shall shade the grave of me;
Only Apollo's bough
Shall guard me now!

Now shall I be at rest
Among the spirits blest;
The happy dead that dwell …
Where;who may tell?

The snow and wind and hail
May never there prevail;
Nor ever thunder fall
Nor storm at all。

But always fadeless there
The woods are green and fair;
And faithful ever more
Spring to that shore!

There shall I ever hear
Alcaeus' music clear;
And sweetest of all things
There SAPPHO sings。



SAN TERENZO



(The village in the bay of Spezia; near which Shelley was living
before the wreck of the Don Juan。)

Mid April seemed like some November day;
When through the glassy waters; dull as lead;
Our boat; like shadowy barques that bear the dead;
Slipped down the long shores of the Spezian bay;
Rounded a point;and San Terenzo lay
Before us; that gay village; yellow and red;
The roof that covered Shelley's homeless head; …
His house; a place deserted; bleak and grey。

The waves broke on the door…step; fishermen
Cast their long nets; and drew; and cast again。
Deep in the ilex woods we wandered free;
When suddenly the forest glades were stirred
With waving pinions; and a great sea bird
Flew forth; like Shelley's spirit; to the sea!

1880



ROMANCE



My Love dwelt in a Northern land。
A grey tower in a forest green
Was hers; and far on either hand
The long wash of the waves was seen;
And leagues on leagues of yellow sand;
The woven forest boughs between!

And through the silver Northern night
The sunset slowly died away;
And herds of strange deer; lily…white;
Stole forth among the branches grey;
About the coming of the light;
They fled like ghosts before the day!

I know not if the forest green
Still girdles round that castle grey;
I know not if the boughs between
The white deer vanish ere the day;
Above my Love the grass is green;
My heart is colder than the clay!



BALLADE OF HIS OWN COUNTRY



I scribbled on a fly…book's leaves
Among the shining salmon…flies;
A song for summer…time that grieves
I scribbled on a fly…book's leaves。
Between grey sea and golden sheaves;
Beneath the soft wet Morvern skies;
I scribbled on a fly…book's leaves
Among the shining salmon…flies。


TO C。 H。 ARKCOLL


Let them boast of Arabia; oppressed
By the odour of myrrh on the breeze;
In the isles of the East and the West
That are sweet with the cinnamon trees
Let the sandal…wood perfume the seas;
Give the roses to Rhodes and to Crete;
We are more than content; if you please;
With the smell of bog…myrtle and peat!

Though Dan Virgil enjoyed himself best
With the scent of the limes; when the bees
Hummed low 'round the doves in their nest;
While the vintagers lay at their ease;
Had he sung in our northern degrees;
He'd have sought a securer retreat;
He'd have dwelt; where the heart of us flees;
With the smell of bog…myrtle and peat!

Oh; the broom has a chivalrous crest
And the daffodil's fair on the leas;
And the soul of the Southron might rest;
And be perfectly happy with these;
But WE; that were nursed on the knees
Of the hills of the North; we would fleet
Where our hearts might their longing appease
With the smell of bog…myrtle and peat!

ENVOY

Ah Constance; the land of our quest
It is far from the sounds of the street;
Where the Kingdom of Galloway's blest
With the smell of bog…myrtle and peat!



VILLANELLE(To M。 Joseph Boulmier; author of 〃Les Villanelles。〃)



Villanelle; why art thou mute?
Hath the singer ceased to sing?
Hath the Master lost his lute?

Many a pipe and scrannel flute
On the breeze their discords fling;
Villanelle; why art THOU mute?

Sound of tumult and dispute;
Noise of war the echoes bring;
Hath the Master lost his lute?

Once he sang of bud and shoot
In the season of the Spring;
Villanelle; why art thou mute?

Fading leaf and falling fruit
Say; 〃The year is on the wing;
Hath the Master lost his lute?〃

Ere the axe lie at the root;
Ere the winter come as king;
Villanelle; why art thou mute?
Hath the Master lost his lute?



TRIOLETS AFTER MOSCHUS



'Paragraph of Greek text'

Alas; for us no second spring;
Like mallows in the garden…bed;
For these the grave has lost his sting;
Alas; for US no second spring;
Who sleep without awakening;
And; dead; for ever more are dead;
Alas; for us no second spring;
Like mallows in the garden…bed!

Alas; the strong; the wise; the brave
That boast themselves the sons of men!
Once they go down into the grave …
Alas; the strong; the wise; the brave; …
They perish and have none to save;
They are sown; and are not raised again;
Alas; the strong; the wise; the brave;
That boast themselves the sons of men!



BALLADE OF CRICKETTO T。 W。 LANG



The burden of hard hitting:  slog away!
Here shalt thou make a 〃five〃 and there a 〃four;〃
And then upon thy bat shalt lean; and say;
That thou art in for an uncommon score。
Yea; the loud ring applauding thee shall roar;
And thou to rival THORNTON shalt aspire;
When lo; the Umpire gives thee 〃leg before;〃 …
〃This is the end of every man's desire!〃

The burden of much bowling; when the stay
Of all thy team is 〃collared;〃 swift or slower;
When 〃bailers〃 break not in their wonted way;
And 〃yorkers〃 come not off as here…to…fore;
When length balls shoot no more; ah never more;
When all deliveries lose their former fire;
When bats seem broader than the broad barn…door; …
〃This is the end of every man's desire!〃

The burden of long fielding; when the clay
Clings to thy shoon in sudden shower's downpour;
And running still thou stumblest; or the ray
Of blazing suns doth bite and burn thee sore;
And blind thee till; forgetful of thy lore;
Thou dost most mournfully misjudge a 〃skyer;〃
And lose a match the Fates cannot restore; …
〃This is the end of every man's desire!〃

ENVOY。

Alas; yet liefer on Youth's hither shore
Would I be some poor Player on scant hire;
Than King among the old; who play no more; …
〃THIS is the end of every man's desire!〃



THE LAST MAYING



〃It is told of the last Lovers which watched May…night in the
forest; before men brought the tidings of the Gospel to this land;
that they beheld no Fairies; nor Dwarfs; nor no such Thing; but
the very Venus herself; who bade them 'make such cheer as they
might; for' said she; 'I shall live no more in these Woods; nor
shall ye endure to see another May time。'〃EDMUND GORLIOT; 〃Of
Phantasies and Omens;〃 p。 149。  (1573。)

〃Whence do ye come; with the dew on your hair?
From what far land are the boughs ye bear;
The blossoms and buds upon breasts and tresses;
The light burned white in your faces fair?〃

〃In a falling fane have we built our house;
With the dying Gods we have held carouse;
And our lips are wan from their wild caresses;
Our hands are filled with their holy boughs。

As we crossed the lawn in the dying day
No fairy led us to meet the May;
But the very Goddess loved by lovers;
In mourning raiment of green and grey。

She was not decked as for glee and game;
She was not veiled with the veil of flame;
The saffron veil of the Bride that covers
The face that is flushed with her joy and shame。

On the laden branches the scent and dew
Mingled and met; and as snow to strew
The woodland rides and the fragrant grasses;
White flowers fell as the night wind blew。

Tears and kisses on lips and eyes
Mingled and met amid laughter and sighs
For grief that abides; and joy that passes;
For pain that tarries and mirth that flies。

It chanced as the dawning grew to grey
Pale and sad on our homeward way;
With weary lips; and palled with pleasure
The Goddess met us; farewell to say。

〃Ye have made your choice; and the better part;
Ye chose〃 she said; 〃and the wiser art;
In the wild May night drank all the measure;
The perfect pleasure of heart and heart。

〃Ye shall walk no more with the May;〃 she said;
〃Shall your love endure though the Gods be dead?
Shall the flitting flocks; mine own; my chosen;
Sing as of old; and be happy and wed?

〃Yea; they are glad as of old; but you;
Fair and fleet as the dawn or the dew;
Abide no more; for the springs are frozen;
And fled the Gods that ye loved and knew。

Ye shall never know Summer again like this;
Ye shall play no more with the Fauns; I wis;
No more in the nymphs' and dryads' playtime
Shall echo and answer kiss and kiss。

〃Though the flowers in your golden hair be bright;
Your golden hair shall be waste and white
On faded brows ere another May time
Bring the spring; but no more delight。〃



HOMERIC UNITY



The sacred keep of Ilion is rent
By shaft and pit; foiled waters wander slow
Through plains where Simois and Scamander went
To war with Gods and heroes long ago。
Not yet to tired Cassandra; lying low
In rich Mycenae; do the Fates relent:
The bones of Agamemnon are a show;
And ruined is his royal monument。

The dust and awful treasures of the Dead;
Hath Learning scattered wide; but vainly thee;
Homer; she meteth with her tool of lead;
And strives to rend thy songs; too blind to see
The crown that burns on thine immortal head
Of indivisible supremacy!



IN TINTAGEL



LUI。

Ah lady; lady; leave the creeping mist;
And leave the iron castle by the sea!

ELLE。

Nay; from the sea there came a ghost that kissed
My lips; and so I cannot come to thee!

LUI。

Ah lady; leave the cruel landward wind
That crusts the blighted flowers with bitter foam!

ELLE。

Nay; for his arms are cold and strong to bind;
And I must dwell with him and make my home!

LUI。

Come; for the Spring is fair in Joyous Guard
And down deep alleys sweet birds sing again。

ELLE。

But I must tarry with the winter hard;
And with the bitter memory of pain;
Although the Spring be fair in Joyous Guard;
And in the gardens glad birds
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