Charlotte Mew – In The Fields

Lord when I look at lovely things which pass,Under old trees the shadow of young leavesDancing to please the wind along the grass,Or the gold stillness of the August sun on the August sheaves;Can I believe there is a heavenlier world than this?And if there isWill the heart of any...

Charlotte Mew – Ken

The town is old and very steep    A place of bells and cloisters and grey towers,And black-clad people walking in their sleep—     A nun, a priest, a woman taking flowers     To her new grave; and watched from end to end     By...

Charlotte Mew – Madeleine in Church

Here, in the darkness, where this plaster saint       Stands nearer than God stands to our distress,And one small candle shines, but not so faint     As the far lights of everlastingness,I’d rather kneel than over there, in open day   ...

Charlotte Mew – A Quoi Bon Dire

Seventeen years ago you saidSomething that sounded like Good-bye;And everybody thinks that you are dead,But I.So I, as I grow stiff and coldTo this and that say Good-bye too;And everybody sees that I am oldBut you.And one fine morning in a sunny laneSome boy and girl will meet and...

Charlotte Mew – On the Road to the Sea

We passed each other, turned and stopped for half an hour, then went our way, I who make other women smile did not make you-- But no man can move mountains in a day. So this hard thing is yet to do. But first I want your life:--before I die I want to see The world...