Lascelles Abercrombie Good Poems
- 1. Marriage Song
I
Come up, dear chosen morning, come,
Blessing the air with light,
... - 2. Emblems Of Love, Part Ii Imperfection
MARY
[A LEGEND OF THE FORTY-FIVE]
... - 3. Epilogue To Emblems Of Love
What shall we do for Love these days?
How shall we make an altar-blaze
To smite the horny eyes of men
With the renown of our Heaven,
... - 4. The End Of The World, Act I
PERSONS
HUFF, the Farmer
SOLLERS, the Wainwright.
... - 5. The End Of The World, Act Ii
ACT II
As before, a little while after. The room is empty when the curtain goes up. SOLLERS runs in and paces about, but stops short when he catches sight of a pot dog on the mantlepiece.
... - 6. From "vashti"
WHAT thing shall be held up to woman's beauty?
Where are the bounds of it? Yea, what is all
The world, but an awning scaffolded amid
The waste perilous Eternity, to lodge
... - 7. The Box
Once upon a time, in the land of Hush-A-Bye,
Around about the wondrous days of yore,
They came across a kind of box
Bound up with chains and locked with locks
... - 8. Epitaph
ir, you shall notice me: I am the Man;
I am Good Fortune: I am satisfied.
All I desired, more than I could desire,
I have: everything has gone right with me.
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