I asked if I should pray， But the Brahmin said， ‘Pray for nothing， say Every night in bed， I have been a king， I have been a slave， Nor is there...
I. He did not wear his scarlet coat， For blood and wine are red， And blood and wine were on his hands When they found him with the dead， The poor dead...
The unpurged images of day recede； The Emperor‘s drunken soldiery are abed； Night resonance recedes， night-walkers‘ song After great cathe...
The threefold terror of love； a fallen flare Through the hollow of an ear； Wings beating about the room； The terror of all terrors that I bore The Hea...
I Between extremities Man runs his course； A brand， or flaming breath， Comes to destroy All those antinomies Of day and night； The body calls it death...
ONE'S-SELF I sing， a simple separate person， Yet utter the word Democratic， the word En-Masse. Of physiology from top to toe I sing， Not physiogno...
As I ponder'd in silence， Returning upon my poems， considering， lingering long， A Phantom arose before me with distrustful aspect， Terrible in bea...
Where had her sweetness gone？ What fanatics invent In this blind bitter town， Fantasy or incident Not worth thinking of， Put her in a rage. I had forg...
Acquaintance； companion； One dear brilliant woman； The best-endowed， the elect， All by their youth undone， All， all， by that inhuman Bitter glory wrec...
What they undertook to do They brought to pass； All things hang like a drop of dew Upon a blade of grass....