Victoria Mary Sackville-west Young Poems

  • 1.
    "Convalescente di squisiti mali"

    My spirit like a shepherd boy
    Goes dancing down the lane.
    ...
  • 2.
    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.
    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.
    So prodigal was I of youth,
    Forgetting I was young;
    I worshipped dead men for their strength,
    Forgetting I was strong.
    ...
  • 5.
    I woke to daylight, and to find
    A wreath of fading vine-leaves, rough entwined,
    Lying, as dropped in hasty flight, upon my floor.

    ...
Total 5 Young Poems by Victoria Mary Sackville-west

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