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  • The Master
    Now when the darkness came over the earth Joseph of Arimathea,
    having lighted a torch of pinewood, passed down from the hill into
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  • The Teacher Of Wisdom
    From his childhood he had been as one filled with the perfect
    knowledge of God, and even while he was yet but a lad many of the
    200 lines
  • The Doer Of Good
    It was night-time and He was alone.
    And He saw afar-off the walls of a round city and went towards the
    58 lines
  • The Disciple
    When Narcissus died the pool of his pleasure changed from a cup of
    sweet waters into a cup of salt tears, and the Oreads came weepin
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  • The House Of Judgement
    And there was silence in the House of Judgment, and the Man came
    naked before God.
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  • The Artist
    ONE evening there came into his soul the desire to fashion an image
    of THE PLEASURE THAT ABIDETH FOR A MOMENT. And he went forth int
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  • Le Reveillon
    THE sky is laced with fitful red,<
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  • On The Massacre Of The Christians In Bulgaria
    Christ, dost Thou live indeed? or are Thy bones
    Still straitened in their rock-hewn sepulchre?
    14 lines
  • On Hearing The Dies Irę Sung In The Sistine Chapel
    Nay, Lord, not thus! white lilies in the spring,
      Sad olive-groves, or sliver-breasted dove,
    13 lines
  • Portia
    I MARVEL not Bassanio was so bold
    &nb
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  • Queen Henrietta Maria
    IN the lone tent, waiting for victory,
    &nbs
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  • Quia Multum Amavi
    DEAR Heart I think the young impassioned priest
    &n
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  • Louis Napoleon
    EAGLE of Austerlitz! where were thy wings
    &
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  • Theoretikos
    THIS mighty empire hath but feet of clay:
    &n
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  • Holy Week at Genoa
    I wandered through Scoglietto's far retreat,
    The oranges on each o'erhanging spray
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  • Tristitiae
    O well for him who lives at ease
    With garnered gold in wide domain,
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  • Santa Decca
    THE Gods are dead: no longer do we bring
    &nbs
    14 lines
  • San Miniato
    SEE, I have climbed the mountain s
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  • Le Jardin Des Tuileries
    This winter air is keen and cold,
    And keen and cold this winter sun,
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  • Libertatis Sacra Fames
    ALBEIT nurtured in democracy,
    &nbs
    15 lines
  • Le Jardin
    The lily's withered chalice falls
    Around its rod of dusty gold,
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  • Double Villanelle
    O goat-foot God of Arcady!
    This modern world is grey and old,
    53 lines
  • Sonnet On Approaching Italy
    I REACHED the Alps: the soul within me burned
     
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  • Under The Balcony
    O beautiful star with the crimson mouth!
    O moon with the brows of gold!
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  • La Fuite De La Lune
    To outer senses there is peace,
    A dreamy peace on either hand
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  • In the Gold Room - a Harmony
    Her ivory hands on the ivory keys
    Strayed in a fitful fantasy,
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  • Impression de Voyage
    The sea was sapphire coloured, and the sky
    Burned like a heated opal through the air;
    14 lines, 1 comment
  • Vita Nuova
    I stood by the unvintageable sea
                Till the wet waves drenched face and hair with spray,
    14 lines, 1 comment
  • Panthea
    NAY, let us walk from fire unto fire,
    From passionate pain
    184 lines, 1 comment
  • La Mer
    A white mist drifts across the shrouds,
    A wild moon in this wintry sky
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