Frances Darwin Cornford Home Poems

• 1. Autumn Evening
  The Shadows flickering, the daylight dying,
  And I upon the old red sofa lying,
  The great brown shadows leaping up the wall,
  The sparrows twittering; and that is all.
  ...
• 2. Pre-existence
  I laid me down upon the shore
  And dreamed a little space;
  I heard the great waves break and roar;
  The sun was on my face.
  ...
• 3. The Ragwort
  The thistles on the sandy flats
  Are courtiers with crimson hats ;
  The ragworts, growing up so straight,
  Are emperors who stand in state,
  ...

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