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A Dome of Many…Coloured Glass
A Dome of Many…
Coloured Glass
by Amy Lowell
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〃Life; like a dome of many…coloured glass; Stains the white radiance
of Eternity。〃
Shelley; 〃Adonais〃。
〃Le silence est si grand que mon coeur en frissonne; Seul; le bruit de
mes pas sur le pave resonne。〃
Albert Samain。
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Lyrical Poems
Before the Altar
Before the Altar; bowed; he stands With empty hands; Upon it
perfumed offerings burn Wreathing with smoke the sacrificial urn。 Not one
of all these has he given; No flame of his has leapt to Heaven Firesouled;
vermilion…hearted; Forked; and darted; Consuming what a few spare pence
Have cheaply bought; to fling from hence In idly…asked petition。
His sole condition Love and poverty。 And while the moon Swings
slow across the sky; Athwart a waving pine tree; And soon Tips all the
needles there With silver sparkles; bitterly He gazes; while his soul Grows
hard with thinking of the poorness of his dole。
〃Shining and distant Goddess; hear my prayer Where you swim in the
high air! With charity look down on me; Under this tree; Tending the gifts
I have not brought; The rare and goodly things I have not sought。 Instead;
take from me all my life!
〃Upon the wings Of shimmering moonbeams I pack my poet's dreams
For you。 My wearying strife; My courage; my loss; Into the night I toss
For you。 Golden Divinity; Deign to look down on me Who so unworthily
Offers to you: All life has known; Seeds withered unsown; Hopes turning
quick to fears; Laughter which dies in tears。 The shredded remnant of a
man Is all the span And compass of my offering to you。
〃Empty and silent; I Kneel before your pure; calm majesty。 On this
stone; in this urn I pour my heart and watch it burn; Myself the sacrifice;
but be Still unmoved: Divinity。〃
From the altar; bathed in moonlight; The smoke rose straight in the
quiet night。
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Suggested by the Cover of a Volume of Keats's
Poems
Wild little bird; who chose thee for a sign To put upon the cover of this
book? Who heard thee singing in the distance dim; The vague; far
greenness of the enshrouding wood; When the damp freshness of the
morning earth Was full of pungent sweetness and thy song?
Who followed over moss and twisted roots; And pushed through the
wet leaves of trailing vines Where slanting sunbeams gleamed uncertainly;
While ever clearer came the dropping notes; Until; at last; two widening
trunks disclosed Thee singing on a spray of branching beech; Hidden; then
seen; and always that same song Of joyful sweetness; rapture incarnate;
Filled the hushed; rustling stillness of the wood?
We do not know what bird thou art。 Perhaps That fairy bird; fabled in
island tale; Who never sings but once; and then his song Is of such fearful
beauty that he dies From sheer exuberance of melody。
For this they took thee; little bird; for this They captured thee; tilting
among the leaves; And stamped thee for a symbol on this book。 For it
contains a song surpassing thine; Richer; more sweet; more poignant。
And the poet Who felt this burning beauty; and whose heart Was full of
loveliest things; sang all he knew A little while; and then he died; too frail
To bear this untamed; passionate burst of song。
Apples of Hesperides
Glinting golden through the trees; Apples of Hesperides! Through
the moon…pierced warp of night Shoot pale shafts of yellow light; Swaying
to the kissing breeze Swings the treasure; golden…gleaming; Apples of
Hesperides!
Far and lofty yet they glimmer; Apples of Hesperides! Blinded by
their radiant shimmer; Pushing forward just for these; Dew…besprinkled;
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bramble…marred; Poor duped mortal; travel…scarred; Always thinking soon
to seize And possess the golden…glistening Apples of Hesperides!
Orbed; and glittering; and pendent; Apples of Hesperides! Not one
missing; still transcendent; Clustering like a swarm of bees。 Yielding to no
man's desire; Glowing with a saffron fire; Splendid; unassailed; the golden
Apples of Hesperides!
Azure and Gold
April had covered the hills With flickering yellows and reds; The
sparkle and coolness of snow Was blown from the mountain beds。
Across a deep…sunken stream The pink of blossoming trees; And
from windless appleblooms The humming of many bees。
The air was of rose and gold Arabesqued with the song of birds Who;
swinging unseen under leaves; Made music more eager than words。
Of a sudden; aslant the road; A brightness to dazzle and stun; A glint
of the bluest blue; A flash from a sapphire sun。
Blue…birds so blue; 't was a dream; An impossible; unconceived hue;
The high sky of summer dropped down Some rapturous ocean to woo。
Such a colour; such infinite light! The heart of a fabulous gem;
Many…faceted; brilliant and rare。 Centre Stone of the earth's
diadem! 。 。 。 。 。 Centre Stone of the Crown of the
World; 〃Sincerity〃 graved on your youth! And your eyes hold the blue…
bird flash; The sapphire shaft; which is truth。
Petals
Life is a stream On which we strew Petal by petal the flower of our
heart; The end lost in dream; They float past our view; We only watch their
glad; early start。
Freighted with hope; Crimsoned with joy; We scatter the leaves of our
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opening rose; Their widening scope; Their distant employ; We never shall
know。 And the stream as it flows Sweeps them away; Each one is gone
Ever beyond into infinite ways。 We alone stay While years hurry on; The
flower fared forth; though its fragrance still stays。
Venetian Glass
As one who sails upon a wide; blue sea Far out of sight of land; his
mind intent Upon the sailing of his little boat; On tightening ropes and
shaping fair his course; Hears suddenly; across the restless sea; The
rhythmic striking of some towered clock; And wakes from thoughtless
idleness to time: Time; the slow pulse which beats eternity! So through the
vacancy of busy life At intervals you cross my path and bring The deep
solemnity of passing years。 For you I have shed bitter tears; for you I have
relinquished that for which my heart Cried out in selfish longing。 And
to…night Having just left you; I can say: 〃'T is well。 Thank God that I
have known a soul so true; So nobly just; so worthy to be loved!〃
Fatigue
Stupefy my heart to every day's monotony; Seal up my eyes; I would
not look so far; Chasten my steps to peaceful regularity; Bow down my
head lest I behold a star。
Fill my days with work; a thousand calm necessities Leaving no
moment to consecrate to hope; Girdle my thoughts within the dull
circumferences Of facts which form the actual in one short hour's scope。
Give me dreamless sleep; and loose night's power over me; Shut my
ears to sounds only tumultuous then; Bid Fancy slumber; and steal away
its potency; Or Nature wakes and strives to live again。
Let each day pass; well ordered in its usefulness; Unlit by sunshine;
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