Victoria Mary Sackville-west Yellow Poems

• 1. 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.
  ...
• 2. The Banquet
  Wine ran; rich yellow wine upon the marble floor
  Recklessly spilled; the Nubians ran to pour
  A fresh libation; and to scatter showers
  Of red rose petals; candles overturned
  ...
• 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.
  ...
• 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. Mariana In The North
  All her youth is gone, her beautiful youth outworn,
  Daughter of tarn and tor, the moors that were once her home
  No longer know her step on the upland tracks forlorn
  Where she was wont to roam.
  ...
• 6. Constantinople - The Greek Han
  A sunny court with wooden balconies,
  And wool hung out to dry in gaudy skeins,
  A fountain, and some pigeons murmuringly
  Picking up yellow grains.
  ...

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