Kilmeny of the Orchard
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The Queen’s Wake
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Kilmeny looked up with a lovely grace,
But nae smile was seen on Kilmeny’s face;
As still was her look, and as still was her ee,
As the stillness that lay on the emerant lea,
Or the mist that sleeps on a waveless sea.
Such beauty bard may never declare,
For there was no pride nor passion there;
Her seymar was the lily flower,
And her cheek the moss-rose in the shower;
And her voice like the distant melodye
That floats along the twilight sea.” |
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Clever Alice
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You are as bad as Clever Alice in the fairy tale who worried over the future of her unborn children… |
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Guinevere |
There’s no more subtle master under heaven
Than is the maiden passion for a maid |
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The Winter’s Tale
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When he did not go to the shore he liked to indulge in long tramps through the Lindsay fields and woods, in the mellowness of “the sweet ‘o the year.” |
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Ulysses |
But presently she looked away from “the bourne of sunset,” and her lovely eyes fell on Eric, standing motionless before her in the shadow of the apple tree. |
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The Marriage of Geraint
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A blossom vermeil white
That lightly breaks a faded flower sheath,
Here, by God’s rood, is the one maid for me. |
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Narcissus |
These June lilies are the sweetest flowers the spring brings us. Do you know that their real name is the white narcissus? |
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The Prelude |
With the moon’s beauty and the moon’s soft pace |
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The Queen’s Wake |
Kilmeny, Kilmeny, where have you been?
Long hae we sought baith holt and den,… |
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Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinever
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A man had given all other bliss
And all his worldly wealth for this–
To waste his whole heart in one kiss
Upon her perfect lips |
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Unknown |
Very bravely and quietly–’like a winsome lady’” |
Last modified: January 10, 2009
