English Poetry. James Elroy Flecker. Stillness. Джеймс Элрой Флеккер.

James Elroy Flecker (Джеймс Элрой Флеккер)

Stillness

When the words rustle no more,
And the last work's done,
When the bolt lies deep in the door,
And Fire, our Sun,
Falls on the dark-laned meadows of the floor;

When from the clock's last time to the next chime
Silence beats his drum,
And Space with gaunt grey eyes and her brother Time
Wheeling and whispering come,
She with the mould of form and he with the loom of rhyme,

Then twittering out in the night my thought-birds flee,
I am emptied of all my dreams:
I only hear Earth turning, only see
Ether's long bankless streams,
And only know I should drown if you
Laid not your hand on me. 

James Elroy Flecker’s other poems:

1. The Second Sonnet of Bathrolaire
2. Fountains
3. The First Sonnet of Bathrolaire
4. November Eves
5. I Rose From Dreamless Hours

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