2010
Poet: William Blake - All poems of William Blake
William Blake (1757 - 1827 / London / England)
Poet: Henry David Thoreau - All poems of Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862 / Boston / United States)
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Mist by Henry David Thoreau
Low-anchored cloud,
Newfoundland air,
Fountain head and source of rivers,
Dew-cloth, dream drapery,
And napkin spread by fays;
Drifting meadow of the air,
Where bloom the dasied banks and violets,
And in whose fenny labyrinth
The bittern booms and heron wades;
Spirit of the lake and seas and rivers,
Bear only purfumes and the scent
Of healing herbs to just men's fields!
Henry David Thoreau
Mist
Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862 / Boston / United States)
2008
RPO -- Marianne Moore : Silence
(via)Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
Silence
1My father used to say,
2"Superior people never make long visits,
3have to be shown Longfellow's grave
4nor the glass flowers at Harvard.
5Self reliant like the cat --
6that takes its prey to privacy,
7the mouse's limp tail hanging like a shoelace from its mouth --
8they sometimes enjoy solitude,
9and can be robbed of speech
10by speech which has delighted them.
11The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence;
12not in silence, but restraint."
13Nor was he insincere in saying, "`Make my house your inn'."
14Inns are not residences.
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