Frances Darwin Cornford

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Frances Darwin Cornford Thought Poems

  • 1.
    The Shadows flickering, the daylight dying,
    And I upon the old red sofa lying,
    The great brown shadows leaping up the wall,
    The sparrows twittering; and that is all.
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  • 2.
    I wakened on my hot, hard bed;
    Upon the pillow lay my head;
    Beneath the pillow I could hear
    My little watch was ticking clear.
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  • 3.
    MY father's friend came once to tea.
    He laughed and talked. He spoke to me.
    But in another week they said
    That friendly pink-faced man was dead.
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  • 4.
    I Had a little dog, and my dog was very small;
    He licked me in the face, and he answered to my call;
    Of all the treasures that were mine, I loved him most of all.

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Vain Hope
 by Ernest Dowson

Sometimes, to solace my sad heart, I say,
Though late it be, though lily-time be past,
Though all the summer skies be overcast,
Haply I will go down to her, some day,
And cast my rests of life before her feet,
That she may have her will of me, being so sweet
And none gainsay!

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