Arthur Thomas Quiller-couch Door Poems
- 1. Exmoor Verses I. Vashti's Song
Over the rim of the Moor,
And under the starry sky,
Two men came to my door
And rested them thereby.
... - 2. Willaloo
By E. A. P.
In the sad and sodden street,
... - 3. Measure For Measure
By O--r K--m.
Wake! for the closed Pavilion doors have kept
Their silence while the white-eyed Kaffir slept,
... - 4. Retrospection
After C. S. C.
When the hunter-star Orion
(Or, it may be, Charles his Wain)
... - 5. The Regent - A Drama In One Act
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
CARL'ANTONIO, Duke of Adria
... - 6. Christmas Eve
Friend, old friend in the Manse by the fireside sitting,
Hour by hour while the grey ash drips from the log;
You with a book on your knee, your wife with her knitting,
Silent both, and between you, silent, the dog.
... - 7. Solvitur Acris Hiemps
My Juggins, see: the pasture green,
Obeying Nature's kindly law,
Renews its mantle; there has been
A thaw.
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