George Augustus Baker, Jr. Golden Poems

• 1. Sleeping Beauty. A Parable
  You remember the nursery legend
  We heard in the early days,
  Ere we knew of the world's deception
  Or walked in its dusty ways,
  ...
• 2. Zwei Konige Auf Orkadal. From The German
  There sat two kings upon Orkadal,
  The torches flamed in the pillared hall.
  
  The minstrel sings, the red wine glows,
  ...
• 3. De Lunatico
  The squadrons of the sun still hold
  The western hills, their armor glances,
  Their crimson banners wide unfold,
  Low-levelled lie their golden lances.
  ...
• 4. Chinese Lanterns
  Through the windows on the park
  Float the waltzes, weirdly sweet;
  In the light, and in the dark,
  Rings the chime of dancing feet.
  ...
• 5. Chivalrie
  Under the maple boughs we sat,
  Annie Leslie and I together;
  She was trimming her sea-side hat
  With leaves we talked about the weather.
  ...
• 6. Old Photographs
  Old lady, put your glasses on,
  With polished lenses, mounting golden,
  And once again look slowly through
  The album olden.
  ...
• 7. Reductio Ad Absurdum
  I had come from the city early
  That Saturday afternoon;
  I sat with Beatrix under the trees
  In the mossy orchard; the golden bees
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