Mary Elizabeth Coleridge – Unwelcome

We were young, we were merry, we were very very wise,And the door stood open at our feast,When there passed us a woman with the West in her eyes,And a man with his back to the East.O, still grew the hearts that were beating so fast,The loudest voice was still.The jest died away on...

Mary Elizabeth Coleridge – A Moment

The clouds had made a crimson crownAbove the mountains high.The stormy sun was going downIn a stormy sky.Why did you let your eyes so rest on me,And hold your breath between?In all the ages this can never beAs if it had not be...

Mary Elizabeth Coleridge – When my love did what I would not, what I would not

When my love did what I would not, what I would not, I could hear his merry voice upon the wind, Crying, "e;Fairest, shut your eyes, for see you should not. Love is blind!" When my love said what I say not, what I say not, With a joyous laugh he quieted my fears, Whispering,...

Mary Elizabeth Coleridge – Punctilio

O LET me be in loving nice, Dainty, fine, and o’er precise, That I may charm my charmàd dear As tho’ I felt a secret fear To lose what never can be lost,— Her faith who still delights me most! So shall I be more than true, Ever in my ageing new. So dull habit shall not be Wrongly...

Mary Elizabeth Coleridge – Come Home!

When wintry winds are no more heard, And joy's in every bosom, When summer sings in every bird, And shines in every blossom, When happy twilight hours are long, Come home, my love, and think no wrong! When berries gleam above the stream And half the fields are yellow, Come...