Thomas Runciman Long Poems
- 1. Song. A Gurly Breeze In Scotland
A gurly breeze swept from the pool
The Autumn peace so blue and cool,
Which all day long had dreamed thereon
Of men and things aforetime gone,
... - 2. She Scanned The Record Of Beethoven's Thought
She scanned the record of Beethoven's thought,
And made the dumb chords speak both clear and low,
And spread the dead man's voice till I was caught
Away, and now seemed long and long ago.
... - 3. Revoke Not
Long is it since they ceased to look on light,
To thrill with hope in our fond human way.
Why grudge them rest in their sweet ancient night,
Ungrieved, if never gay,
... - 4. Once As The Aureole
Once as the aureole
Day left the earth,
Faded, a twilight soul,
Memory, had birth:
... - 5. An Afternoon Soliloquy
How good some years of life may be!
Ah, once it was not guessed by me,
Past years would shine, like some bright sea,
In golden dusks of memory.
... - 6. A Gurly Breeze In Scotland
A gurly breeze swept from the pool
The Autumn peace so blue and cool,
Which all day long had dreamed thereon
Of men and things aforetime gone,
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