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Trust
Trust It seems to me that, when I place my trust In humankind, something always goes wrong!. Though with the best intentions and most strong Affections, promises are turned to dust. No, I’m not cynical of friends!. It’s just […]
Time
Time (1984) Two thirds of my expected span are gone: Scarce twenty-five more years remain to me In which to make my mark in history. It is too short, too brief a time, (God knows), For building stairs to immortality!. John Keats, that skilful genius, himself Just reached in total […]
Chivalrous?
Chivalrous? I love. That is enough For all my needs; Though what my lover wants […]
Irish Guards
Irish Guards (Coolmela) In countless ranks about my house — In uniforms of shadowed black Or sunlit green, or arid tones Of brittle brown — my tall guards stand. No eye can take in at one view All of their Companies formed up In ordered squares along […]
Incantation
Incantation If I were Mercury, on healing wing, To touch with white caduceus your hurt; If I were famed Asklepios, to bring Skill-blended draughts to ease your sickened heart; If I were […]
To Touch Your Heart
To Touch your Heart? Since love itself is enough, What must I do to touch your heart?. To you it makes no difference Whether, (like Chauvin), I strut proud — Flaunting my independent mind — Or scrape in Helot servitude Anticipating each your whim. If […]
Into the Unknown
Into the Unknown Westwards, on winds of hope, I sail at last Towards my bright tomorrow’s hidden lands; As once Columbus and Magellan went To find their destinies in history. Columbus for the Indies set his course But found, instead, Southern America; […]
After the Break
After the Break Since human life is progress preordained By God — who gave that life to each of us — Let us not, in the embers of our love, Allow self-pity to embitter us. You […]
To A.E.M
To A.E.M Had I the words, my darling, I would tell In whispered phrases sweet of my great love. Of how your presence<charms the very air Which close-enwraps us in its gentleness; Of how all things assume a pleasantness Unnoticed ’til you come, my dearest one. But since […]
Secret Flame
Secret Flame I want to say: “I love you, dear!” But, every time I start, I find I can’t express the warmth Deep-glowing in my heart. I cannot tell you how I thrill Whenever you are near, Nor demonstrate the tenderness For you I fondly bear. […]