Wild nights – Wild nights!
Were I with thee,
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!
Futile – the Winds -
To a Heart in port -
Done with the Compass -
Done with the Chart!
Rowing in Eden -
Ah, the Sea!
Might I but moor – Tonight
In Thee!
(Emily Dickinson)
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Wild Nights – Wild Nights!
Posted in Emily Dickinson, Poetry on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
from Songs of Innocence
Posted in Poetry, William Blake on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Piping down the valleys wild,
Piping songs of peasant glee,
On a cloud I saw a child,
And he laughing said to me:
“Pipe a song about a Lamb!”
So I piped with merry cheer.
“Piper, pipe that song again!”
So I piped: he wept to hear.
“Piper, sit thee down and write
In a book that all may read.”
So he vanish’d from my [...]
