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Sir William Watson. (1858–1935) (continued)

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Deemest thou labor
Only is earnest?
Grave is all beauty,
Solemn is joy.

England my Mother. Part iv.

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Empires dissolve and peoples disappear,
Song passes not away.

Lacrymae Musarum.

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    In this world with starry dome,
  Floored with gemlike plains and seas,
Shall I never feel at home,
  Never wholly be at ease?

World-Strangeness.

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    On from room to room I stray,
  Yet mine Host can ne’er espy,
And I know not to this day,
  Whether guest or captive I.

World-Strangeness.

Francis Thompson. (1859–1907)

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I fear to love you, Sweet, because
Love’s the ambassador of loss.

To Olivia.

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    The hills look over on the South,
  And Southward dreams the sea;
And with the sea-breeze hand in hand,
  Came innocence and she.

Daisy.

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Little Jesus, wast Thou shy
Once, and just so small as I?
And what did it feel to be
Out of Heaven and just like me?

Ex Ore Infantum.

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    I fled Him, down the nights and down the days;
  I fled Him, down the arches of the years;
I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways
  Of my own mind; and in the midst of tears
I hid from Him, and under running laughter.

The Hound of Heaven.

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