There’s a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons―That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes―Heavenly Hurt, it gives us―We can find no scar, But internal difference― Where the Meanings, are―None may teach it―Any―‘Tis the seal Despa…

After great pain, a formal feeling comes―The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs―The stiff Heart questions ‘was it He, that bore,’And ‘Yesterday, or Centuries before’?The Feet, mechanical, go round―A Wooden wayOf Ground, or Air, or Ought―Re…

The Poets light but Lamps —Themselves — go out —The Wicks they stimulateIf vital LightInhere as do the Suns —Each Age a LensDisseminating theirCircumference —---詩人は ランプに火を灯すだけ―自身は― 立ち去る―彼の詩が 芯をかき立てるもし そこ…

A Wounded Deer—leaps highest—I’ve heard the Hunter tell—‘Tis but the Ecstasy of death—And then the Brake is still!The Smitten Rock that gushes!The trampled Steel that springs!A Cheek is always redderJust where the Hectic stings!Mirth is th…

I died for Beauty - but was scarce Adjusted in the Tomb When One who died for Truth, was lain In an adjoining Room -He questioned softly "Why I failed"? "For Beauty", I replied - "And I - for Truth - Themself are One - We Bretheren, are", …

If you were coming in the Fall,I'd brush the Summer byWith half a smile, and half a spurn,As Housewives do, a Fly.If I could see you in a year,I'd wind the months in balls―And put them each in separate Drawers,For fear the numbers fuse―If …

The Moon is distant from the Sea –And yet, with Amber Hands –She leads Him – docile as a Boy –Along appointed Sands –He never misses a Degree –Obedient to Her eye –He comes just so far – toward the Town –Just so far – goes away –Oh, Signor…

*夏目漱石『夢十夜』よりわたしが死んだら作詞 中村安伸作曲 大野円雅わたしが死んだら土に埋めて下さい大きな真珠貝で 掘って星の破片を 墓標に置いて墓の傍で 待っていてまた 逢いに来ますから日が昇るでしょうそれから 日が沈むでしょうそれから また昇る…

Because I could not stop for Death―He kindly stopped for me―The Carriage held but just Ourselves― And Immortality.We slowly drove―He knew no hasteAnd I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For His Civility―We passed the School, where Ch…