Ernest Dowson Silence Poems
- 1. You Would Have Understood Me, Had You Waited
Ah, dans ces mornes sèjours
Les jamais sont les toujours
Paul Verlaine
... - 2. Terre Promise
Even now the fragrant darkness of her hair
Had brushed my cheek; and once, in passing by,
Her hand upon my hand lay tranquilly:
What things unspoken trembled in the air!
... - 3. O Mors! Quam Amara Est Memoria Tua Homini Pacem Habenti In Substantiis Suis
Exceeding sorrow
Consumeth my sad heart!
Because to-morrow
We must depart,
... - 4. Cease Smiling, Dear! A Little While Be Sad
Dum nos fata sinunt, oculos satiemus Amore
Propertius
Cease smiling, Dear! a little while be sad,
... - 5. Benedictio Domini
Without, the sullen noises of the street!
The voice of London, inarticulate,
Hoarse and blaspheming, surges in to meet
The silent blessing of the Immaculate.
... - 6. Beata Solitudo
What land of Silence,
Where pale stars shine
On apple-blossom
And dew-drenched vine,
... - 7. Amor Umbratilis
A gift of Silence, sweet!
Who may not ever hear;
To lay down at your unobservant feet,
Is all the gift I bear.
... - 8. A Valediction
If we must part,
Then let it be like this;
Not heart on heart,
Nor with the useless anguish of a kiss;
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