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The path; as of old; reaching out in its splendor;

Gleams bright; like a way that an angel has trod;

I kiss the cold burden its billows surrender;

Sweet clay to lie under the pitiful sod:

But she rests; at the end of the path; in the city

Whose 〃builder and maker is God。〃



Homer Greene '1853…





〃I AM LONELY〃

From 〃The Spanish Gypsy〃



The world is great: the birds all fly from me;

The stars are golden fruit upon a tree

All out of reach: my little sister went;

And I am lonely。



The world is great: I tried to mount the hill

Above the pines; where the light lies so still;

But it rose higher: little Lisa went

And I am lonely。



The world is great: the wind comes rushing by。

I wonder where it comes from; sea birds cry

And hurt my heart: my little sister went;

And I am lonely。



The world is great: the people laugh and talk;

And make loud holiday: how fast they walk!

I'm lame; they push me: little Lisa went;

And I am lonely。



George Eliot '1819…1880'





SONNETS

From 〃Mimma Bella〃



I

Have dark Egyptians stolen Thee away;

Oh Baby; Baby; in whose cot we peer

As down some empty gulf that opens sheer

And fathomless; illumined by no ray?

And wilt thou come; on some far distant day;

With unknown face; and say; 〃Behold! I'm here;

The child you lost;〃 while we in sudden fear;

Dumb with great doubt; shall find no word to say?

One darker than dark gipsy holds thee fast;

One whose strong fingers none has forced apart

Since first they closed on things that were too fair;

Nor shall we see thee other than thou wast;

But such as thou art printed in the heart;

In changeless baby loveliness still there。



II

Two springs she saw … two radiant Tuscan springs;

What time the wild red tulips are aflame

In the new wheat; and wreaths of young vine frame

The daffodils that every light breeze swings;

And the anemones that April brings

Make purple pools; as if Adonis came

Just there to die; and Florence scrolls her name

In every blossom Primavera flings。

Now; when the scented iris; straight and tall;

Shall hedge the garden gravel once again

With pale blue flags; at May's exulting call;

And when the amber roses; wet with rain;

Shall tapestry the old gray villa wall; 

We; left alone; shall seek one bud in vain。



IV

Oh; rosy as the lining of a shell

Were the wee hands that now are white as snows;

And like pink coral; with their elfin toes;

The feet that on life's brambles never fell。

And with its tiny smile; adorable

The mouth that never knew life's bitter sloes;

And like the incurved petal of a rose

The little ear; now deaf in Death's strong spell。

Now; while the seasons in their order roll;

And sun and rain pour down from God's great dome;

And deathless stars shine nightly overhead;

Near other children; with her little doll;

She waits the wizard that will never come

To wake the sleep…struck playground of the dead。



VI

Oh; bless the law that veils the Future's face;

For who could smile into a baby's eyes;

Or bear the beauty of the evening skies;

If he could see what cometh on apace? 

The ticking of the death…watch would replace

The baby's prattle; for the over…wise; 

The breeze's murmur would become the cries

Of stormy petrels where the breakers race。

We live as moves the walker in his sleep;

Who walks because he sees not the abyss

His feet are skirting as he goes his way:

If we could see the morrow from the steep

Of our security; the soul would miss

Its footing; and fall headlong from to…day。



VIII

One day; I mind me; now that she is dead;

When nothing warned us of the dark decree;

I crooned; to lull her; in a minor key;

Such fancies as first came into my head。

I crooned them low; beside her little bed;

And the refrain was somehow 〃Come with me;

And we will wander by the purple sea;〃

I crooned it; and … God help me! … felt no dread。

O Purple Sea; beyond the stress of storms;

Where never ripple breaks upon the shore

Of Death's pale Isles of Twilight as they dream;

Give back; give back; O Sea of Nevermore;

The frailest of the unsubstantial forms

That leave the shores that are for those that seem!



XX

What essences from Idumean palm;

What ambergris; what sacerdotal wine;

What Arab myrrh; what spikenard; would be thine;

If I could swathe thy memory in such balm!

Oh; for wrecked gold; from depths for ever calm;

To fashion for thy name a fretted shrine;

Oh; for strange gems; still locked in virgin mine;

To stud the pyx; where thought would bring sweet psalm!

I have but this small rosary of rhyme; …

No rubies but heart's drops; no pearls but tears;

To lay upon the altar of thy name;

O Mimma Bella; … on the shrine that Time

Makes ever holier for the soul; while years

Obliterate the rolls of human fame。



Eugene Lee…Hamilton '1845…1907'





ROSE…MARIE OF THE ANGELS



Little Sister Rose…Marie;

Will thy feet as willing…light

Run through Paradise; I wonder;

As they run the blue skies under;

Willing feet; so airy…light?



Little Sister Rose…Marie;

Will thy voice as bird…note clear

Lift and ripple over Heaven

As its mortal sound is given;

Swift bird…voice; so young and clear?



How God will be glad of thee;

Little Sister Rose…Marie!



Adelaide Crapsey '1878…1914'













MAIDENHOOD 













MAIDENHOOD



Maiden! with the meek; brown eyes;

In whose orbs a shadow lies

Like the dusk in evening skies!



Thou whose locks outshine the sun;

Golden tresses; wreathed in one;

As the braided streamlets run!



Standing; with reluctant feet;

Where the brook and river meet;

Womanhood and childhood fleet!



Gazing; with; a timid glance;

On the brooklet's swift advance;

On the river's broad expanse!



Deep and still; that gliding stream

Beautiful to thee must seem;

As the river of a dream。



Then why pause with indecision;

When bright angels in thy vision

Beckon thee to fields Elysian?



Seest thou shadows sailing by;

As the dove; with startled eye;

Sees the falcon's shadow fly?



Hearest thou voices on the shore;

That our ears perceive no more; 

Deafened by the cataract's roar?



Oh; thou child of many prayers!

Life hath quicksands; … Life hath snares!

Care and age come unawares!



Like the swell of some sweet tune;

Morning rises into noon;

May glides onward into June。



Childhood is the bough; where slumbered

Birds and blossoms many…numbered; …

Age; that bough with snows encumbered。



Gather; then; each flower that grows;

When the young heart overflows;

To embalm that tent of snows。



Bear a lily in thy hand;

Gates of brass cannot withstand

One touch of that magic wand。



Bear through sorrow; wrong; and ruth;

In thy heart the dew of youth;

On thy lips the smile of truth。



Oh; that dew; like balm; shall steal

Into wounds that cannot heal;

Even as sleep our eyes doth seal;



And that smile; like sunshine; dart

Into many a sunless heart

For a smile of God thou art。



Henry Wadsworth Longfellow '1807…1882'





TO THE VIRGINS; TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME



Gather ye rosebuds while ye may;

Old Time is still a…flying:

And this same flower that smiles to…day

To…morrow will be dying。



The glorious lamp of heaven; the sun;

The higher he's a…getting;

The sooner will his race be run;

And nearer he's to setting;



That age is best which is the first;

When youth and blood are warmer;

But being spent; the worse; and worst

Times still succeed the former。



Then be not coy; but use your time;

And while ye may; go marry:

For having lost but once your prime;

You may for ever tarry。



Robert Herrick '1591…1674'





TO MISTRESS MARGARET HUSSEY



Merry Margaret

As midsummer flower;

Gentle as falcon;

Or hawk of the tower:

With solace and gladness;

Much mirth and no madness;

All good and no badness;

So joyously;

So maidenly;

So womanly

Her demeaning

In every thing;

Far; far passing

That I can indite;

Or suffice to write

Of merry Margaret

As midsummer flower;

Gentle as falcon;

Or hawk of the tower;

As patient and still

And as full of good will

As fair Isaphill;

Coliander;

Sweet pomander;

Good Cassander;

Steadfast of thought;

Well made; well wrought;

Far may be sought;

Eye that ye can find

So courteous; so kind;

As merry Margaret;

This midsummer flower;

Gentle as falcon;

Or hawk of the tower。



John Skelton '1460?…1529'





ON HER COMING TO LONDON



What's she; so late from Penshurst come;

More gorgeous than the mid…day sun;

That all the world amazes?

Sure 'tis some angel from above;

Or 'tis the Cyprian Queen of Love

Attended by the Graces。



Or is't not Juno; Heaven's great dame;

Or Pallas armed; as on she came

To assist the Greeks in fight;

Or Cynthia; that huntress bold;

Or from old Tithon's bed so cold;

Aurora chasing night?



No; none of those; yet one that shall

Compare; perhaps exceed them all;

For beauty; wit; and birth;

As good as great; as chaste as fair;

A brighter nymph none breathes the air;

Or treads upon the earth。



'Tis Dorothee; a maid high…born;

And lovely as the blushing morn;

Of noble Sidney's race;

Oh! could you see into her mind;

The beauties there locked…up outshine

The beauties of her face。



Fair Dorothea; sent from heaven

To add more wonders to the seven;

And glad each eye and ear;

Crown of her sex; the Muse's port;

The glory of our English court;

The brightness of our sphere。



To welcome her the Spring breathes forth

Elysian sweets; March strews the earth

With violets and posies;

The sun renews his darting fires;

April puts on her best attires;

And May her crown of roses。



Go; happy maid; increase the store

Of graces born with you; 
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