I Throughout the afternoon I watched them there,Snow-fairies falling, falling from the sky, 2Whirling fantastic in the misty air,Contending fierce for space supremacy. 4And they flew down a mightier force at night,As though in heaven there was revolt and riot, 6And they, frail things had taken panic flightDown to the calm earth seeking peace andContinue reading “The Snow Fairy : Claude Mckay : Sonnet : : Winter Poems : :”
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Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven : William Butler Yeats : Sky Poem / Sky Songs : : ( 16 ) : :
Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,Enwrought with golden and silver light,The blue and the dim and the dark clothsOf night and light and the half light,I would spread the cloths under your feet:But I, being poor, have only my dreams;I have spread my dreams under your feet;Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. —Continue reading “Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven : William Butler Yeats : Sky Poem / Sky Songs : : ( 16 ) : :”