The Shield of Achilles
She looked over his shoulder For vines and olive trees, Marble well-governed cities And ships upon untamed seas, But there on the shining metal His hands had put instead An artificial wilderness And...
She looked over his shoulder For vines and olive trees, Marble well-governed cities And ships upon untamed seas, But there on the shining metal His hands had put instead An artificial wilderness And...
She said, “They gave me of their best, They lived, they gave their lives for me; I tossed them to the howling waste, And flung them to the foaming...
Read MoreThat I have felt the rushing wind of Thee: That I have run before Thy blast to sea; That my one moment of transcendent strife Is more than many...
Read MoreIf I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall be In that rich earth...
Read MoreWe are the poor children, come out to see the sights On this day of all days, on this night of nights; The stars in merry parties are...
Read MoreThe travel birds which journey in the spring Lust after pleasures of awakened sight; They rout the weather in a truceless fight, And swell their souls with joy of...
Read MoreYe rigid Ploughman, bear in mind Your labour is for future hours: Advance—spare not—nor look behind— Plough deep and straight with all your powers. Richard Henry Horne...
Read MoreVII In one year they sent a million fighters forth South and North, And they built their gods a brazen pillar high As the sky, Yet reserved a thousand chariots in...
Read MoreI do confess thou’rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love thee, Had I not found the slightest prayer That lips could move, had power...
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