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Poem XVII

By WH Auden This lunar beautyHas no historyIs complete and early;If beauty laterBear any featureIt had a loverAnd is another. This like a dreamKeeps other timeAnd daytime isThe loss of this;For time is inchesAnd the heart’s changesWhere ghost has hauntedLost and wanted. But this was neverA ghost’s endeavourNor finished this,Was ghost at ease;And till itContinue reading “Poem XVII”

The Raven

BY EDGAR ALLAN POE Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamberContinue reading “The Raven”

The Instructions of King Cormac

I was a listener in woodsI was a gazer at stars I was blind where secrets were concerned I was silent in a wilderness I was talkative among many I was mild in the mead-hallI was stern in battle I was gentle towards allies I was a physician of the sick I was weak towardsContinue reading “The Instructions of King Cormac”