“I Know the Stars“ I know the stars by their names, Aldebaran, Altair, And I know the path they take Up heaven's broad blue stair. I know the secr...
Understanding I understood the rest too well, And all their thoughts have come to be Clear as grey sea-weed in the swell Of a sunny shallow sea. But y...
Nightfall We will never walk again As we used to walk at night, Watching our shadows lengthen Under the gold street-light When the snow was new and wh...
"It Is Not a Word" It is not a word spoken, Few words are said； Nor even a look of the eyes Nor a bend of the head, But only a hush of the h...
"My Heart Is Heavy" My heart is heavy with many a song Like ripe fruit bearing down the tree, But I can never give you one —— My...
"Let It Be Forgotten" Let it be forgotten, as a flower is forgotten, Forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold, Let it be forgotten for...
May Day A delicate fabric of bird song Floats in the air, The smell of wet wild earth Is everywhere. Red small leaves of the maple Are clenched like a...
"Since There Is No Escape" Since there is no escape, since at the end My body will be utterly destroyed, This hand I love as I have loved a ...
"The Dreams of My Heart" The dreams of my heart and my mind pass, Nothing stays with me long, But I have had from a child The deep solace of...
"A Little While" A little while when I am gone My life will live in music after me, As spun foam lifted and borne on After the wave is lost ...