Tag Archives: Muse

TO A POET A THOUSAND YEARS HENCE

Posted on January 4, 2019 by James Elroy Flecker

I who am dead a thousand years ………And wrote this sweet archaic song, Send you my words for messengers ………The way I shall not pass along.

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SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE – XLI

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

I thank you all, who have loved me so right with your hearts entwined in mine. Thank-you each, who have remained: in her voices-view when my prison-walls appeared so tight;

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SONNETS OF ETERNAL HOPE – III

Posted on December 18, 2018 by David Scanlon

Oh please let the love I hold for you last And survive all those times I live in fast; In starvation’s hope for a fresh new way Let me hold on, linger and with you stay.

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ON THAT DAY

Posted on November 2, 2018 by David Scanlon

It is my deepest wish That I will some day Again find her peace And in love stay Among the friends Who were always true And in living knew Of her loves play.

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LOVE

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Shuntarō Tanikawa

For Paul Klee Forever, So much forever is Forgotten and cursed for all time And so for all time obsessed With defending the weakened Are those who love, those fully resigned to love Who live only for the sake of … Continue reading →

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