Victoria Mary Sackville-west Long Poems

• 1. To Knole
  October 1, 1913
  
  I
  I left thee in the crowds and in the light,
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• 2. Nomads
  From the shores of the Atlantic to the gardens of Japan,
  From the darkness of the Neva to the courts of Ispahan,
  There is nothing that can hold us, hold our wandering caravan.
  
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• 3. The Garden
  We owned a garden on a hill,
  We planted rose and daffodil,
  Flowers that English poets sing,
  And hoped for glory in the Spring.
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• 4. Sailing Ships
  Lying on Downs above the wrinkling bay
  I with the kestrels shared the cleanly day,
  The candid day; wind-shaven, brindled turf;
  Tall cliffs; and long sea-line of marbled surf
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• 5. Morning In Constantinople
  She has an early morning of her own,
  A blending of the mist and sea and sun
  Into an undistinguishable one,
  And Saint Sophia, from her lordly throne
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• 6. For ***
  No eyes shall see the poems that I write
  For you; not even yours; but after long
  Forgetful years have passed on our delight
  Some hand may chance upon a dusty song
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• 7. Constantinople - Yanghin Var*
  As the baying of wolves from afar,
  Borne on the wind from the Golden Horn
  A cry in the distance, long-drawn,
  "Yanghin var! yanghin var!"
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• 8. The Dancing Elf*
  I woke to daylight, and to find
  A wreath of fading vine-leaves, rough entwined,
  Lying, as dropped in hasty flight, upon my floor.
  
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