Poems by Archibald MacLeish
Definition of the Frontiers
... vers the distortion of images the penetration of mirrors and the inarticulate meanings of the dreams ...
Invocation to the Social Muse
... Neither his class nor his kind nor his trade may come near him ...
The Sheep in the Ruins
... At the entering of lives: the bride among the torches in the shrill carouse! ...
Immortal Autumn
... Now No more the foreign sun does meddle at our earth, ...
Liberty
... And keeps the barn and counts the byre ...
Way-Station
... Unfolds Hush within hush until the night withholds ...
Broken Promise
... Sometimes a few strange stars upon the sky ...
"The Silent Slain"
... And with the third turned back and climbed once more ...
L'An Trentiesme De Mon Eage
... To choose or not - "through her thick hair, ...
Einstein
... sp; (Einstein hearing behind the wall of the Grand Hotel du Nord the stars discovers the Back Stair) ...
The Night Dream
... Her sleeves Jangled with earrings of gold ...
Autumn
... the smoky water ...
Voyage
... Trade we our cargoes with the dead for sleep ...
Nocturne
... To watch so long the fall of moonlight on the sand ...
The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak
... They say: We have given our lives but until it is finished ...
