Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols Deep Poems
- 1. Night Rhapsody
How beautiful it is to wake at night,
When over all there reigns the ultimate spell
Of complete silence, darkness absolute,
To feel the world, tilted on axle-tree,
... - 2. The Philosopher's Oration
(From 'A Faun's Holiday')
Meanwhile, though nations in distress
... - 3. The Sprig Of Lime
He lay, and those who watched him were amazed
To see unheralded beneath the lids
Twin tears, new-gathered at the price of pain,
Start and at once run crookedly athwart
... - 4. The Tower
It was deep night, and over Jerusalem's low roofs
The moon floated, drifting through high vaporous woofs.
The moonlight crept and glistened silent, solemn, sweet,
Over dome and column, up empty, endless street;
... - 5. The Naiads' Music
(From 'A Faun's Holiday')
Come, ye sorrowful, and steep
Your tired brows in a nectarous sleep:
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