Alexander Smith ( 8 of 18 )
If you wish to preserve your secret wrap it up in frankness.
If you wish to preserve your secret wrap it up in frankness.
The sun was down,
And all the west was paved with sullen fire.
I cried, "Behold! the read more
The sun was down,
And all the west was paved with sullen fire.
I cried, "Behold! the barren beach of hell
At ebb of tide."
Sweet April's tears,
Dead on the hem of May.
Sweet April's tears,
Dead on the hem of May.
We bury love,
Forgetfulness grows over it like grass;
That is a thing to weep for, not read more
We bury love,
Forgetfulness grows over it like grass;
That is a thing to weep for, not the dead.
To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.
To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.
We twain have met like the ships upon the sea,
Who behold an hour's converse, so short, so sweet:
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We twain have met like the ships upon the sea,
Who behold an hour's converse, so short, so sweet:
One little hour! and then, away they speed
On lonely paths, through mist, and cloud, and foam,
To meet no more.
The pale child, Eve, leading her mother, Night.
The pale child, Eve, leading her mother, Night.
The sea complains upon a thousand shores.
The sea complains upon a thousand shores.
