Sydney Wheeler Jephcott Great Poems
- 1. Splitting
Morning.
Out from the hut at break of day,
And up the hills in the dawning grey;
... - 2. A Fragment
But, under all, my heart believes the day
Was not diviner over Athens, nor
The West wind sweeter thro' the Cyclades
Than here and now; and from the altar of To-day
... - 3. The Dreamers
HAVE courage, O my comradry of dreamers!
All things, except mere Earth, are ours.
We pluck its passions for our flowers.
Dawn-dyed our great cloud-banners toss their streamers
... - 4. A Ballad Of The Last King Of Thule
There was a King of Thule
Whom a Witch-wife stole at birth;
In a country known but newly,
All under the dumb, huge Earth.
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