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Portia
2023-12-06Portia(To Ellen Terry)I marvel not Bassanio was so boldTo peril all he had upon the lead,Or that proud Aragon bent low his headOr that Morocco's f...
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Queen Henrietta Maria
2023-12-06Queen Henrietta Maria(To Ellen Terry)In the lone tent, waiting for victory,She stands with eyes marred by the mists of pain,Like some wan lily overdre...
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Camma
2023-12-06Camma(To Ellen Terry)As one who poring on a Grecian urnScans the fair shapes some Attic hand hath made,God with slim goddess, goodly man with maid,And...
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Panthea
2023-12-06PantheaNay, let us walk from fire unto fire,From passionate pain to deadlier delight, -I am too young to live without desire,Too young art thou to was...
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Impression - Le Reveillon
2023-12-06Impression - Le ReveillonThe sky is laced with fitful red,The circling mists and shadows flee,The dawn is rising from the sea,Like a white lady from h...
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Apologia
2023-12-06ApologiaIs it thy will that I should wax and wane,Barter my cloth of gold for hodden grey,And at thy pleasure weave that web of painWhose brightest th...
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Quia Multum Amavi
2023-12-06Quia Multum AmaviDear Heart, I think the young impassioned priestWhen first he takes from out the hidden shrineHis God imprisoned in the Eucharist,And...
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Silentium Amoris
2023-12-06Silentium AmorisAs often-times the too resplendent sunHurries the pallid and reluctant moonBack to her sombre cave, ere she hath wonA single ballad fr...
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Her Voice
2023-12-06Her VoiceThe wild bee reels from bough to boughWith his furry coat and his gauzy wing,Now in a lily-cup, and nowSetting a jacinth bell a-swing,In his ...
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My Voice
2023-12-06My VoiceWithin this restless, hurried, modern worldWe took our hearts' full pleasure - You and I,And now the white sails of our ship are furled,An...