Richard Le Gallienne Poems

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21.
I Meant To Do My Work To-Day

I meant to do my work to-day-
But a brown bird sang in the apple-tree,
And a butterfly flitted across the field,
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22.
Lovers

Why should I ask perfection of thee, sweet,
That have so little of mine own to bring?
That thou art beautiful from head to feet--
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23.
An Epitaph On A Goldfish

Five inches deep Sir Goldfish lies,
Here last September was he laid,
Poppies these that were his eyes,
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24.
A Warning

We that were born, beloved, so far apart,
So many seas and lands,
The gods, one sudden day, joined heart to heart,
Locked hands in hands,
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25.
Time Flies

On drives the road-another mile! and still
Time's horses gallop down the lessening hill
O why such haste, with nothing at the end!
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26.
What Of The Darkness?

What of the darkness? Is it very fair?
Are there great calms and find ye silence there?
Like soft-shut lilies all your faces glow
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27.
We Are With France

We are with France--not by the ties
Of treaties made with tongue in cheek,
The ancient diplomatic lies,
The paper promises that seek
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28.
The Rose Has Left The Garden

The Rose has left the garden,
Here she but faintly lives,
Lives but for me,
Within this little urn of pot-pourri
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29.
The End Of Laughter

O never laugh again!
Laughter is dead,
Deep hiding in her grave,
A sacred thing.
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30.
The Frozen Stream

Stream that leapt and danced
Down the rocky ledges,
All the summer long,
Past the flowered sedges,
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