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Retrospect: The Jests Of The Clock
© Robert Graves
He had met hours of the clock he never guessed before-
Dumb, dragging, mirthless hours confused with dreams and fear,
Bone-chilling, hungry hours when the Gods sleep and snore,
Bequeathing earth and heaven to ghosts, and will not hear,
And will not hear man groan chained to the sodden ground,
Rotting alive; in feather beds they slumbered sound.
Rhyme For A Phonetician
© Frances Darwin Cornford
Brave English language, you are strong as trees,
Yet intricate and stately. Thus one sees
Repining
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
She sat alway thro' the long day
Spinning the weary thread away;
And ever said in undertone:
'Come, that I be no more alone.'
Renewed
© Paul Hamilton Hayne
WELCOME, rippling sunshine!
Welcome, joyous air!
Like a demon shadow
Flies the gaunt despair!
Reflection
© Edgar Albert Guest
You have given me riches and ease,
You have given me joys through the years,
Raleighs Cell In The Tower
© Dante Gabriel Rossetti
HERE writ was the World's History by his hand
Whose steps knew all the earth; albeit his world
Requiem
© Robert Fuller Murray
For thee the birds shall never sing again,
Nor fresh green leaves come out upon the tree,
The brook shall no more murmur the refrain
For thee.
Rubaiyat 22
© Shams al-Din Hafiz
I needed to hang on to her curly ring,
Help me please, let my affairs take wing.
Said, release my hair, instead take my lips,
Let go of long life, with good times swing.
Rubaiyat 37
© Shams al-Din Hafiz
Let not your thoughts constantly be fought,
Let thoughts in patience and joy be caught.
What patience? Cause what they call the heart
Is a drop of blood, and a thousand thought.
Rubaiyat 27
© Shams al-Din Hafiz
The morning breeze tended to the rose,
A maid-in-waiting, as the flower grows.
If in the sun you have a shady refuge,
Seek the shade of a rose, and one who glows.
Rubaiyat 12
© Shams al-Din Hafiz
All treasures aint worth this oppression.
All pleasures aint worth one transgression.
Not even seven thousand years of joy
Is worth seven days of depression.
Roll On Time, Roll On
© Julia A Moore
Roll on time, roll on, as it always has done,
Since the time this world first begun;
It can never change my love that I gave a dear man,
Faithful friend, I gave my heart and hand.
Reality
© Emma Lazarus
These things alone endure;
"They are the solid facts," that we may grasp,
Leading us on and upward if we clasp
And hold them firm and sure.
Requiem
© Edith Nesbit
NOW veiled in the inviolable past
Love lies asleep, who never more will wake;
Nor would you wake him, even for my sake
Who for your sake pray he sleep sound at last.
Rubaiyat 15
© Shams al-Din Hafiz
Spend time with wine by a stream,
And let sorrows away stream.
My life, like a rose, is but few days;
Youthful and joyous live this dream.
Rus' You Are But A Kiss In The Frost
© Velimir Khlebnikov
Rus', you are but a kiss in the frost!
The midnight roads are blueing.
Rubaiyat 34
© Shams al-Din Hafiz
Your eyes enrapture, and colors pour,
Alas, your loves arrows score.
Too soon you gave up on the lovers,
Alas, your heart has rocks in store.
Roses And Pearls
© Paul Laurence Dunbar
YOUR spoken words are roses fine and sweet,
The songs you sing are perfect pearls of sound.
Rubaiyat 11
© Shams al-Din Hafiz
First enticed me to take the cup,
When I got drunk, told me to stop.
My eyes watery, my heart on fire,
I became dust and your wind picked me up.
Rimas XVI
© Gustavo Adolfo Becquer
Si al mecer las azules campanillas
De tu balcon,
Crees que suspirando pasa el viento
Murmurador,
Sabe que, oculto entre las verdes hojas,
Suspiro yo.
