A Blessing
Suddenly I realize That if I stepped out of my body I would break Into blossom. – James Wright “A Blessing”
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Christabel
The night is chill, the forest bare; Is it the wind that moaneth bleak? There is not wind enough in the air To move away the ringlet curl From the lovely lady’s cheek — There is not wind enough to twirl The one red leaf,…
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Till noon we quietly sailed on, Yet never a breeze did breathe: Slowly and smoothly went the ship, Moved onward from beneath. — S. T. Coleridge, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
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Stanzas for Music
And the midnight moon is weaving Her bright chain o’er the deep; Whose breast is gently heaving, As an infant’s asleep: So the spirit bows before thee, To listen and adore thee; With a full but soft emotion, Like the swell of Summer’s ocean. –…
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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
“For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.” – William Wordsworth “I Wandered Lonely as…
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