H. D. Face 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. Let Zeus
I
I say, I am quite done,
quite done with this;
... - 4. Helen
All Greece hates
the still eyes in the white face,
the lustre of the olives
where she stands,
... - 5. Eurydice
Why did you turn back,
that hell should be reinhabited
of myself thus
swept into nothingness?
... - 6. Cassandra
O Hymen king.
Hymen, O Hymen king,
what bitter thing is this?
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