They say I sing in secrets—they h… But do not hear; have eyes but do… Truth’s naked beauty is her panopl… Their eyes are blinded with its sp… With shadowy symbols fitted to the…

If I should need to tear aside The veils that hide both Heaven a… To tell you that a soul had died That once but tried to love you we… No breath should blow those veils…

The powerful words that from my he… Alive and throbbing leap and sing Shall bind the dragon’s jaws apart Or bring you back a vanished sprin… They shall unseal and seal again

I sit and beg beside the gate, I watch and wait to see you pass, You never pass the portals old, That gate of gold like gleaming gl… Yet you have often wandered by,

If the dread all-seeing stars, Ringed Saturn and ruddy Mars And their companions all the seven… That play before the lord of Heav… Each blossoming nebula and all

I’ve watched with Death a dreadfu… Nor flinched until you plucked apa… A feather from the wings of Fear— Your innocence has stabbed my hear… I took your terrible trust to keep…

O Bright! thy stateliness and gra… Thy bearing and thy dignity Bring intuition of the place That still is native unto thee. Solely thy native airs delight

This heritage to the race of kings Their children and their children’… Have wrought their prophecies in d… Of terrible and splendid things. The hands that fought, the hearts…

Your fault, Lady, is to be Womankind’s epitome; No girl’s, but girl essential is y… Could we but see beyond our mortal… Could we but hear beyond our morta…

She walks the azure meadows where… Shed glowing petals on her moon-wh… The planets sing to see her, and t… Her, nebulae unfold like nenuphars… No dread eclipse the morn of Heav…

The day I knew you loved me we ha… Deep in Coill Doraca down by Gle… Unknown to each till suddenly I s… You in the shadow, knew oppressive… Stopping my heart, and there you d…

I am a wave of the sea And the foam of the wave And the wind of the foam And the wings of the wind. My soul’s in the salt of the sea

What have I dared to claim That you should thus deny? If I have used your name My songs to beautify Mine is the greater fame.

White waves on the water, Gold leaves on the tree, As Mananan’s daughter Arose from the sea. The bud and the blossom,

To-day when I beheld you all alon… And might have stayed to speak, th… Leapt up within my heart—then quic… New strength, the fruit of sorrow… Sank in my stormy bosom like a sto…