Alone

Requiescat

by Oscar Wilde Tread lightly, she is nearUnder the snow,Speak gently, she can hearThe daisies grow.All her bright golden hairTarnished with rust,She that was young and fairFallen to dust.Lily-like, light as snow,She hardly knewShe was a woman, soSweetly she grew.Coffin-bound, heavy snow,Lie on her breast,I vex my heart alone,She is at rest.Peace, Peace, she cannotContinue reading “Requiescat”

Street in Agrigentum

by Salvatore Quasimodo There is still the wind that I rememberfiring the manes of horses, racingslanting, across the plains,the wind that stains and scours the sandstone,and the heart of gloomy columns, telamons,Overthrown in the grass. Spirit of the ancients, greywith the rancour, return on the wind,breathe in that feather-light mossthat covers those giants, hurled downContinue reading “Street in Agrigentum”

Airly Beacon

by Charles Kingsley Airly Beacon, Airly Beacon;Oh, the pleasant sight to seeShires and towns from Airly BeaconWhile my love climbed up to me!Airly Beacon, Airly Beacon;Oh, the happy hours we layDeep in fern on Airly Beacon,Courting through the summer’s day!Airly Beacon, Airly Beacon;Oh, the weary haunt for me,All alone on Airly Beacon;With his baby onContinue reading “Airly Beacon”

by Edgar Allan Poe From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were — I have not seen As others saw — I could not bring My passions from a common spring — From the same source I have not taken My sorrow — I could not awaken My heart to joy at theContinue reading “Alone”