Victoria Sackville-west Life Poems

  • 1.
    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.
    ...
  • 2.
    Days I enjoy are days when nothing happens,
    When I have no engagements written on my block,
    When no one comes to disturb my inward peace,
    When no one comes to take me away from myself
    ...
  • 3.
    Tools with the comely names,
    Mattock and scythe and spade,
    Couth and bitter as flames,
    Clean, and bowed in the blade,--
    ...
  • 4.
    And so it ends,
    We who were lovers may be friends.
    I have some weeks in which to steel
    My heart and teach myself to feel
    ...
Total 4 Life Poems by Victoria Sackville-west

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