A young Apollo, golden-haired,
Stands dreaming on the verge of strife,
Magnificently unprepared
For the long littleness of life.

(C) Frances Darwin Cornford
03/25/2017


Best Poems of Frances Darwin Cornford

• The Guitarist Tunes Up
• Pre-existence
• On Rupert Brooke
• A Recollection
• Autumn Evening
• The Watch
• Autumn Morning At Cambridge
• In France
• The Ragwort
• Rhyme For A Phonetician
• The Coast: Norfolk
• The Old Witch In The Copse
• To A Lady Seen From The Train