Poet Charles Hamilton Sorley

Charles Hamilton Sorley

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Charles Hamilton Sorley Bright Poems

  • 1.
    I have not brought my Odyssey
    With me here across the sea;
    But you'll remember, when I say
    How, when they went down Sparta way,
    ...
  • 2.
    Such, such is Death: no triumph: no defeat:
    Only an empty pail, a slate rubbed clean,
    A merciful putting away of what has been.

    ...
  • 3.
    I

    Saints have adored the lofty soul of you.
    Poets have whitened at your high renown.
    ...
  • 4.
    We swing ungirded hips,
    And lightened are our eyes,
    The rain is on our lips,
    We do not run for prize.
    ...
Total 4 Bright Poems by Charles Hamilton Sorley

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Away 6 Great 6 Death 5 Soul 5 Long 5 Live 5 Breath 4 Bright 4 Understand 4 Earth 4

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