H. D. Bright Poems
- 1. Stars Wheel In Purple
Stars wheel in purple, yours is not so rare
as Hesperus, nor yet so great a star
as bright Aldeboran or Sirius,
nor yet the stained and brilliant one of War;
... - 2. Song
You are as gold
as the half-ripe grain
that merges to gold again,
as white as the white rain
... - 3. Sea Poppies
Amber husk
fluted with gold,
fruit on the sand
marked with a rich grain,
... - 4. Never More Will The Wind
Never more will the wind
cherish you again,
never more will the rain.
... - 5. Mid-day
The light beats upon me.
I am startled-
a split leaf crackles on the paved floor-
I am anguished-defeated.
... - 6. Let Zeus
I
I say, I am quite done,
quite done with this;
... - 7. At Baia
I should have thought
in a dream you would have brought
some lovely, perilous thing,
orchids piled in a great sheath,
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