Victoria Sackville-west Young Poems
- 1. 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.
... - 2. 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.
... - 3. Making Cider
I saw within the wheelwrightâ??s shed
The big round cartwheels, blue and red;
A plough with blunted share;
A blue tin jug; a broken chair;
... - 4. Tuscany
Cisterns and stones; the fig-tree in the wall
Casts down her shadow, ashen as her boughs,
Across the road, across the thick white dust.
Down from the hill the slow white oxen crawl,
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