Blown up with painful care and hard to light,
A glimmering torch blown in a moment out,
Suspended by a web, an angler's bait,
Floating at stake along the stream of chance,
Snatch'd from its hook by the fish of poverty,
A silent cavern is his .....
O lov'dthee from the earliest dawn,
When first I saw thy beauty's ray,
And will, until life's eve comes on,
And beauty's blossom fades away;
And when all things go well with thee,
With smiles and tears remember me.
.....
I was a harness horse,
Constrained to travel weak or strong,
With orders from oppressing force,
Push along, push along.
I had no space of rest,
And took at forks the roughest prong,
Still by the cruel driver pressed,
Push along, .....
Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright!
The bridal of the earth and sky--
The dew shall weep thy fall to-night;
For thou must die.
Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave
Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, .....
Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back,
Guilty of dust and sin.
But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning
If I lack'd anything.
Throw away thy rod,
Throw away thy wrath :
O my God,
Take the gentle path.
For my hearts desire
Unto thine is bent :
I aspire
To a full consent.
Nor a word or look
I affect to own,
But by book, .....
O who will show me those delights on high?
Echo. I.
Thou Echo, thou art mortall, all men know.
Echo. No.
Wert thou not born among the trees and leaves?
Echo. Leaves.
And are there any leaves, that still abide?
Echo. .....
Bubuie furtuna,
Una câte una
Frunzele rapite
Cad si ratacesc
Arborul suspina,
Însa nu se-nchina,
Înfruntând ispite
Pieptu-i barbatesc!
Si la primavara,
O verdeata iara
Mugurind îmbraca
Falnicul .....
Când o fi sa ma duceti la cripta
Nu pe mine, ci vasul ramas:
Docamdata în vasu-i înfipta
O faclie sclipind din cel vas
O senina
lumina
pe-un ceas;
Când o fi sa-mi rostiti la cuvinte
De iubire, dulceagul volum
Ce se-ndruga .....
Pe mal sezând
Plin de-ntristare,
Eu petreceam prin gând
Pe rând
Necazurile vietei solitare.
Ce trai
De rai
A fi casatorit!
Ce dulce armonie
Sa tot iubesti necontenit.
Fiind mereu iubit
Cu duiosie!
Mai .....