Victoria Mary Sackville-west Thought Poems

• 1. Evening
  When little lights in little ports come out,
  Quivering down through water with the stars,
  And all the fishing fleet of slender spars
  Range at their moorings, veer with tide about;
  ...
• 2. Constantinople - Dhji-han-ghir. For H.n
  For years it had been neglected,
  This wilderness garden of ours,
  And its ruin had shone reflected
  In its pools through abandoned hours.
  ...
• 3. Convalescence
  When I am in the Orient once again,
  And turn into the gay and squalid street,
  One side in the shadow, one in vivid heat,
  The thought of England, fresh beneath the rain,
  ...
• 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
  ...
• 5. Bitterness
  Yes, they were kind exceedingly; most mild
  Even in indignation, taking by the hand
  One that obeyed them mutely, as a child
  Submissive to a law he does not understand.
  ...
• 6. Trio
  So well she knew them both! yet as she came
  Into the room, and heard their speech
  Of tragic meshes knotted with her name,
  And saw them, foes, but meeting each with each
  ...
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  So prodigal was I of youth,
  Forgetting I was young;
  I worshipped dead men for their strength,
  Forgetting I was strong.
  ...

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