Poetry
Autumn 1949
The King of the Grove
I. From his first victory, he had always known The fatal challenger, some time, would break Out of the chestnut grove that overhung The melancholy and sequestered lake With naked […]
Verse More and Less Topical
Spring 1944
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Three of us walking, and two of us were tall, Walking, in this dream, On a down-hill path, in a grove of laurel and pine, On our way to a […]
Poetry
Spring 1939
The Interrupted Concert
From the Spanish. The sleepy frozen caldronOf the half moonBroke the harmonyOf the deep night. The ditches, musty with sedge,Protest in silence,And the frogs, muezzins of shadow,Keep very still. […]
Poetry
Spring 1939
Walking Asleep
From the Spanish. Green as I would have you be,Green wind. Green boughs.The boat on the sea,And the horse on the mountain.With shadow at her waist,She dreams at the […]