S’io credessi che mia risposta fosse A persona che mai tornasse al mondo, Questa fiamma staria senza più scosse. Ma per ció…

II. A Game of Chess     The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne, Glowed on the marble, where the glass Held…

I know, although when looks meet I tremble to the bone, The more I leave the door unlatched The sooner love is…

I dreamed as in my bed I lay, All night’s fathomless wisdom come, That I had shorn my locks away And laid…

I thought no more was needed Youth to prolong Than dumb-bell and foil To keep the body young. O who could have…

One that is ever kind said yesterday: ‘Your well-belovéd’s hair has threads of grey, And little shadows come about her eyes; Time…

If any man drew near When I was young, I thought, “He holds her dear,” And shook with hate and fear. But…

When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read,…

Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet; She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet. She bid…

A mermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him for her own, Pressed her body to his body, Laughed: and plunging down Forgot…

I went out to the hazel wood, Because a fire was in my head, And cut and peeled a hazel wand, And…

If I make the lashes dark And the eyes more bright And the lips more scarlet, Or ask if all be right…