Thomas Runciman Pleasure Poems
- 1. Et In Arcadia Ego ... Sonnet
"What traveller soever wander here
In quest of peace and what is best of pleasure,
Let not his hope be overcast and drear
Because I, Death, am here to fix the measure
... - 2. And There Shall Be No Night There And They
"And there shall be no night there and they
need no candle, and neither light of the sun;
for the Lord God giveth them Light."
... - 3. Your Place Is Heaven, A Stormless Nightless Home?
“And there shall be no night there and they
need no candle, and neither light of the sun;
for the Lord God giveth them Light.”
... - 4. 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.
... - 5. Once As The Aureole
Once as the aureole
Day left the earth,
Faded, a twilight soul,
Memory, had birth:
... - 6. Life With The Sun In It
Life with the sun in it-
Shaded by gloom!
Life with the fun in it-
Shadowed by Doom!
... - 7. Et In Arcadia Ego …
“What traveller soever wander here
In quest of peace and what is best of pleasure,
Let not his hope be overcast and drear
Because I, Death, am here to fix the measure
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