* A paraphrase of Petrarca, ‘Quando fra l’altre donne . . .’ When among creatures fair of countenance Love comes enformed in such proud character, So far as other beauty yields to her, So far the breast with fiercer longing pants; I bless the spot, and hour, and circumstance, That wed desire to a thing so high, And say, Glad soul,…
Sonnet X By Alan Seeger
I have sought Happiness, but it has been A lovely rainbow, baffling all pursuit, And tasted Pleasure, but it was a fruit More fair of outward hue than…
Sonnet X By Alan Seeger
A splendor, flamelike, born to be pursued, With palms extent for amorous charity And eyes incensed with love for all they see, A wonder more to be adored…
Sonnet VIII By Alan Seeger
Oh, love of woman, you are known to be A passion sent to plague the hearts of men; For every one you bring felicity Bringing rebuffs and wretchedness…
Sonnet VIII By Alan Seeger
Oft as by chance, a little while apart The pall of empty, loveless hours withdrawn, Sweet Beauty, opening on the impoverished heart, Beams like the jewel on the…
Sonnet VII By Alan Seeger
There have been times when I could storm and plead, But you shall never hear me supplicate. These long months that have magnified my need Have made my…
Sonnet VII By Alan Seeger
To me, a pilgrim on that journey bound Whose stations Beauty’s bright examples are, As of a silken city famed afar Over the sands for wealth and holy…
Sonnet VI By Alan Seeger
Oh, you are more desirable to me Than all I staked in an impulsive hour, Making my youth the sport of chance, to be Blighted or torn in…
Sonnet VI By Alan Seeger
Give me the treble of thy horns and hoofs, The ponderous undertones of ‘bus and tram, A garret and a glimpse across the roofs Of clouds blown eastward…
Sonnet V By Alan Seeger
Seeing you have not come with me, nor spent This day’s suggestive beauty as we ought, I have gone forth alone and been content To make you mistress…