Richard Le Gallienne Poems

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31.
The Illusion Of War

War
I abhor,
And yet how sweet
The sound along the marching street
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32.
The Lonely Dancer

I had no heart to join the dance,
I danced it all so long ago-
Ah! light-winged music out of France,
Let other feet glide to and fro,
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33.
The Magic Flower

You bear a flower in your hand,
You softly take it through the air,
Lest it should be too roughly fanned,
And break and fall, for all your care.
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34.
The Door Ajar

My door is always left ajar,
Lest you should suddenly slip through,
A little breathless frightened star;
Each footfall sets my heart abeat,
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35.
A Frosty Fancy

Summer gone,
Winter here;
Ways are white,
Skies are clear.
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36.
The Second Crucifixion

LOUD mockers in the roaring street
   Say Christ is crucified again:
Twice pierced His gospel-bearing feet,
   Twice broken His great heart in vain.
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37.
Buried Treasure

When the musicians hide away their faces,
And all the petals of the rose are shed,
And snow is drifting through the happy places,
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38.
Home ...

'We're going home!' I heard two lovers say,
They kissed their friends and bade them bright good-byes;
I hid the deadly hunger in my eyes,
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39.
June

We thought that winter, love, would never end,
That the dark year had slain the innocent May,
Nor hoped that your soft hand, this summer day,
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40.
Love's Landmarks

The woods we used to walk, my love,
Are woods no more,
But' villas' now with sounding names--
All name and door.
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