Walter Savage Landor

1775-1864 / English

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Death Stands Above MeDeath stands above me, whispering low / I know not what into my ear: / Of his strange language all I know

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Death Stands Above Me, Whispering LowDeath stands above me, whispering low / I know not what into my ear: / Of his strange language all I know

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I Strove with NoneI strove with none, for none was worth my strife. / Nature I loved and, next to Nature, Art: / I warm'd both hands before the fire of life;

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The Chrysolites And Rubies Bacchus BringsThe chrysolites and rubies Bacchus brings / To crown the feast where swells the broad-vein'd brow, / Where maidens blush at what the minstrel sings,

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You Smiled, You Spoke, and I BelievedYou smiled, you spoke, and I believed, / By every word and smile deceived. / Another man would hope no more;

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To ZoeAgainst the groaning mast I stand, / The Atlantic surges swell, / To bear me from my native land

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The Evening StarSmiles soon abate; the boisterous throes / Of anger long burst forth; / Inconstantly the south-wind blows,

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Well I Remember How You SmiledWell I remember how you smiled / To see me write your name upon / The soft sea-sand . . . "O! what a child!

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On An Eclipse Of The MoonStruggling, and faint, and fainter didst thou wane, / O Moon! and round thee all thy starry train / Came forth to help thee, with half-open eyes,

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Dying Speech of an Old PhilosopherI strove with none, for none was worth my strife: / Nature I loved, and, next to Nature, Art: / I warm'd both hands before the fire of Life;

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