Maurice Henry Hewlett Shame Poems
- 1. Dream Anguish
My thought of thee is tortured in my sleep--
Sometimes thou art near beside me, but a cloud
Doth grudge me thy pale face, and rise to creep
Slowly about thee, to lap thee in a shroud;
... - 2. Duty
Oh, I am weak to serve thee as I ought;
My shroud of flesh obscures thy deity,
So thy sweet Spirit that should embolden me
To shake my wings out wide, serves me for nought,
... - 3. The Saints' Maying
Since green earth is awake
Let us now pastime take,
Not serving wantonness
Too well, nor niggardness,
... - 4. Kin Confessed
Long loving, all our love was husbanded
Until one morning on the brown hillside,
One misty Autumn morn when Sun did hide
His radiance, yet was felt. No words we said,
... - 5. Lai Of Gobertz[1]
Of courteous Limozin wight,
Gobertz, I will indite:
From Poicebot had he his right
Of gentlehood;
... - 6. The Chamber Idyll
The blue night falleth, the moon
Is over the hill; make fast,
Fasten the latch, I am tired: come soon,
Come! I would sleep at last
... - 7. The Village Wife's Lament
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