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Song on the End of the World by Czeslaw Milosz
On the day the world ends
A bee circles a clover,
A Fisherman mends a glimmering net.
Happy porpo..
Seeing For A Moment by Denise Levertov
I thought I was growing wings—
it was a cocoon.
I thought, now is the time to step
into the fir..
September 1961 by Denise Levertov
This is the year the old ones,
the old great ones
leave us alone on the road.
The road leads to..
Stepping Westward by Denise Levertov
What is green in me
darkens, muscadine.
If woman is inconstant,
good, I am faithful to
ebb and f..
St. Peter and the Angel by Denise Levertov
Delivered out of raw continual pain,
smell of darkness, groans of those others
to whom he was chai..
Sojourns in the Parallel World by Denise Levertov
We live our lives of human passions,
cruelties, dreams, concepts,
crimes and the exercise of virtu..
Settling by Denise Levertov
I was welcomed here—clear gold
of late summer, of opening autumn,
the dawn eagle sunning himself..
Sometimes The Sky's Too Bright by Dylan Thomas
Sometimes the sky’s too bright,
Or has too many clouds or birds,
And far away’s too sharp a sun
T..
Should Lanterns Shine by Dylan Thomas
Should lanterns shine, the holy face,
Caught in an octagon of unaccustomed light,
Would wither up,..
See it Through by Edgar Albert Guest
When you’re up against a trouble,
Meet it squarely, face to face;
Lift your chin and set your sh..
Sonnet 02: Time Does Not Bring Relief; You All Have Lied by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Time does not bring relief; you all have lied
Who told me time would ease me of my pain!
I miss hi..
Sonnet 06: Bluebeard by Edna St. Vincent Millay
This door you might not open, and you did;
So enter now, and see for what slight thing
You are bet..
Spring by Edna St. Vincent Millay
To what purpose, April, do you return again?
Beauty is not enough.
You can no longer quiet me with..
Sweet Love, Sweet Thorn, When Lightly To My Heart by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Sweet love, sweet thorn, when lightly to my heart
I took your thrust, whereby I since am slain,
An..
Sonnet (Women Have Loved Before As I Love Now) by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Women have loved before as I love now;
At least, in lively chronicles of the past—
Of Irish waters..
Sonnets 04: Only Until This Cigarette Is Ended by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Only until this cigarette is ended,
A little moment at the end of all,
While on the floor the quie..
Sonnet 01: Thou Art Not Lovelier Than Lilacs,—No by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Thou art not lovelier than lilacs,—no,
Nor honeysuckle; thou art not more fair
Than small white si..
Sorrow by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Sorrow like a ceaseless rain
Beats upon my heart.
People twist and scream in pain,—
Dawn will fin..
Sonnets 07: When I Too Long Have Looked Upon Your Face by Edna St. Vincent Millay
When I too long have looked upon your face,
Wherein for me a brightness unobscured
Save by the mis..
Sonnet 05: If I Should Learn, In Some Quite Casual Way by Edna St. Vincent Millay
If I should learn, in some quite casual way,
That you were gone, not to return again—
Read from th..
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