Elinor Wylie: Beauty
Say not of beauty she is good, Or aught but beautiful, Or sleek to doves’ wings of the wood Her wild wings of a gull. Call her not wicked; that word’s touch Consumes her like a curse; But love her not...
View ArticleElinor Wylie: Silver Filigree
The icicles wreathing On trees in festoon Swing, swayed to our breathing: They’re made of the moon. She’s a pale, waxen taper; And these seem to drip Transparent as paper From the flame of her tip....
View ArticleEleanor Wylie: Venetian Interior
Allegra, rising from her canopied dreams, Slides both white feet across the slanted beams Which lace the peacock jalousies: behold An idol of fine clay, with feet of gold
View ArticleElinor Wylie: Phases of the Moon
Once upon a time I heard That the flying moon was a Phoenix bird; Thus she sails through windy skies, Thus in the willow’s arms she lies; Turn to the East or turn to the West In many trees she makes...
View ArticleAntonia Y. Schwab: Danse Macabre
I see her dancing in the square At dusk beside the closed bazaars; Her veils twirl round while jasmine scent Pervades the breeze beneath the stars. She moves now past a trelissed stair As I in strange...
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