Digby Mackworth Dolben Poems

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1.
Beautiful, Oh Beautiful--

Beautiful, oh beautiful-
In all the mountain passes
The plenteous dowers of April showers,
Which every spring amasses,
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2.
Flowers For The Altar

Tell us, tell us, holy shepherds,
What at Bethlehem you saw.-
'Very God of Very God
'Asleep amid the straw.'
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3.
The Pilgrim And The Knight

Here in the flats that encompass the hills called Beautiful, lying,
O Beloved, behold a Pilgrim who fain would be sleeping,
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4.
Homo Factus Est

Come to me, Belovèd,
Babe of Bethlehem;
Lay aside Thy Sceptre
And Thy Diadem.
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5.
Beyond

Beyond the calumny and wrong,
Beyond the clamour and the throng,
Beyond the praise and triumph-song
He passed.
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6.
A Letter

My Love, and once again my Love,
And then no more until the end,
Until the waters cease to move,
Until we rest within the Ark,
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7.
Anacreontic

On the tender myrtle-branches,
In the meadow lotus-grassèd,
While the wearied sunlight softly
To the Happy Islands passèd,-
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8.
Requests

I asked for Peace-
My sins arose,
And bound me close,
I could not find release.
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9.
Sister Death

My sister Death! I pray thee come to me
Of thy sweet charity,
And be my nurse but for a little while;
I will indeed lie still,
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10.
Lean Over Me

O, a moon face
In a shadowy place.

Lean over me-ah so,-let fall
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