I caught this morning morning's minion, kingdom of daylight's dauphin Dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding of the rolling level Underneath him steady air, and striding High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing In his ecstasy! then off, off forth on swing As a skate's heel sweeps smooth on a bowbend: the hurl and gliding Rebuffed...Learn More

I pant for the music which is divine My heart in its thirst is a dying flower; Pour forth the sound like enchanted wine Loosen the notes in a silver shower; Like a herbless plain for the gentle rain I gasp, I faint, till they wake again Let me drink of the spirit of that sweet sound More, O more! I am thirsting yet It loosens the serpent which...Learn More

What, then, did I want? What did I ask to have? If the question had been put to me then And if I had been capable of expressing what was in me I should have replied: I want only to keep what I have To rise each morning and look out on the sky And the grassy dew-wet Earth From day to day, from year to year To watch each June and July for spring To...Learn More