W.j. Turner Long Poems

  • 1.
    When I am dead a few poor souls shall grieve
    As I grieved for my brother long ago.
    Scarce did my eyes grow dim,
    I had forgotten him;
    ...
  • 2.
    The stone-grey roses by the desert's rim
    Are soft-edged shadows on the moonlit sand,
    Grey are the broken walls of Khangavar,
    That haunt of nightingales, whose voices are
    ...
  • 3.
    "But there was one land he dared not enter."


    Beyond the blue, the purple seas,
    ...
  • 4.
    The pebbly brook is cold to-night,
    Its water soft as air,
    A clear, cold, crystal-bodied wind
    Shadowless and bare,
    ...
Total 4 Long Poems by W.j. Turner

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