The Lonely Dancer and Other Poems

Richard Le Gallienne

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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Lonely Dancer and Other Poems, by Richard Le GallienneThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Lonely Dancer and Other PoemsAuthor: Richard Le GallienneRelease Date: December 14, 2003 [eBook #10457]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LONELY DANCER AND OTHER POEMS***E-text prepared by Brendan Lane, Carol David, and Project Gutenberg Distributed ProofreadersTHE LONELY DANCER AND OTHER POEMSBYRICHARD LE GALLIENNE1913WITH A FRONTISPIECE PORTRAIT BYIRMA LE GALLIENNETOIRMAALL THE WAYNot all my treasure hath the bandit Time Locked in his glimmering caverns of the Past:Fair women dead and friendships of old rhyme, And noble dreams that had to end at last:—Ah! these indeed; and from youth's sacristy Full many a holy relic hath he torn,Vessels of mystic faith God filled for me, Holding them up to Him in life's young morn.All these are mine no more—Time hath them all, Time and his adamantine gaoler Death:Despoilure vast—yet seemeth it but small, When unto thee I turn, thy bloom and breathFilling with light and incense the last shrine, Innermost, inaccessible,—yea, thine.CONTENTSTHE LONELY DANCERIFLOS AEVORUM "ALL THE WORDS IN ALL THE WORLD" "I SAID—I CARE NOT" "ALL THE ...

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• Publié par: pakak
• Publié le: 08 décembre 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 37
• Langue: English

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