- Starlight
Last night I lay in an open field
And looked at the stars with lips sealed;
No noise moved the windless air,
And I looked at the stars with steady stare.
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- A Reasonable Protestation
[To F., who complained of his vagueness and lack of dogmatic statement]
Not, I suppose, since I deny
Appearance is reality,
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- An Impression Received From A Symphony
There was a day, when I, if that was I,
Surrendered lay beneath a burning sky,
Where overhead the azure ached with heat,
And many red fierce poppies splashed the wheat;
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- Tout Entië"re - (twelve Translations From Charles Baudelaire)
This morning in my attic high
The Demon came to visit me,
And seeking faults in my reply,
He said: "I would inquire of thee,
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- August Moon
(To F. S.)
In the smooth grey heaven is poised the pale half moon
And sheds on the wide grey river a broken reflection.
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