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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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