Why do you always stand there shiveringBetween the white stream and the road? The...
Richard Aldington
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Richard Aldington was an English writer and poet who was an early associate of the Imagist movement. He wrote poetry, novels, criticism and biography, often influenced by Greek mythology and the horrors of World War I. He was married to the poet H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) and had a long friendship and rivalry with Ezra Pound. |
Zeus,Brazen-thunder-hurler,Cloud-whirler, son-of-Kronos,Send vengeance on these OreadsWho strewWhite frozen flecks of mist and cloudOver the...
Water ruffled and speckled by galloping windWhich puffs and spurts it into tiny pashing...
How could I love you more?I would give upEven that beauty I have loved...
In NinevehAnd beyond NinevehIn the duskThey were afraid. In Thebes of EgyptIn the dustThey...
I Like a gondola of green scented fruitsDrifting along the dark canals of Venice,You,...
Come, thrust your hands in the warm earthAnd feel her strength through all your...
Che son contenti nel fuoco We are of those that Dante sawGlad, for love’s...
Plus quan se atque suos amavit omnes,nunc…– Catullus You were my playmate by the...
I The bitterness. the misery, the wretchedness of childhoodPut me out of love with...