Victoria Mary Sackville-west Young Poems

• 1. Song: My Spirit Like A Shepherd Boy
  "Convalescente di squisiti mali"
  
  My spirit like a shepherd boy
  Goes dancing down the lane.
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• 2. 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.
  ...
• 3. 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.
  ...
• 4. Mcmxiii
  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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• 5. 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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