Autumn №www.lrcgc.com№ There is a wind where the rose was; Cold rain where sweet grass was; And clouds like sheep Stream o'er the steep Grey skies where the lark was. Where the lark was Nought gold where your hair was; Nought warm where your hand was; But phantom, forlorn...

Afternoon №www.lrcgc.com№ When I am old, and comforted, And done with this desire, With memory to share my bed And peace to share my fire, I'll comb my hair in scalloped bands Beneath my laundered cap, And watch my cool and fragile hands Lie light upon my lap. And I wil...

Those Dancing Days Are Gone №www.lrcgc.com№ Come, let me sing into your ear; Those dancing days are gone, All that silk and satin gear; Crouch upon a stone, Wrapping that foul body up In as foul a rag: I carry the sun in a golden cup. The moon in a silver bag. Curse as yo...

Before the World Was Made №www.lrcgc.com№ If I make the lashes dark And the eyes more bright And the lips more scarlet Or ask if all be right From mirror after mirror No ity's displayed I'm looking for the face I had Before the world was made I'm looking for the face I had ...

I Felt My Like With Both My Hands www.lrcgc.com I felt my life with both my hands To see if I was there I held my spirit to the Glass To prove it possibler I turned my Being round and round And paused at every pound To ask the Owner's name For doubt, that I should know the Sou...

Promises Like Pie Crust №www.lrcgc.com№ Promise me no promises So will I not promise you; Keep we both our liberties, Never false and never true; Let us hold the die uncast Free to come as free to go; For I cannot know your past, And of mine what can you know? You, so war...

If You Were Coming In The Fall №www.lrcgc.com№ If you were coming in the fall, I'd brush the summer by With half a smile and half a spurn, As housewives do, a fly. If I could see you in a year, I'd wind the months in balls, And put them each in separate drawers, For fear t...

Ballade At Thirty Five №www.lrcgc.com№ This, no song of ingénue, This, no ballad of innocence; This, the rhyme of a lady who Followed ever the natural bents. This, a solo of sapience, This, a chantey of sophistry, This, the sum of experiments, I loved them until they loved...

At Last the Secret Is Out №www.lrcgc.com№ At last the secret is out, As it always must come in the end, The delicious story is ripe to tell To tell to the intimate friend; Over the tea-cups and into the square The tongues has its desire; Still waters run deep, my dear, There...

Lady Weeping At The Crossroads №www.lrcgc.com№ Lady, weeping at the crossroads, Would you meet your love In the twilight with his greyhounds, And the hawk on his glove? Bribe the bird then on the branches, Bribe them to be dumb, Stare the hot sun out of heaven That the nig...