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Monday, 31 October 2022

Hope and Faith - Isaac Leib Perez

Hope! Not distant is the Springtime,
  Butterflies will soon be winging—
In new nests the merry songsters
  Their new songs will soon be singing.

Sunday, 30 October 2022

On The Inexpressible Gift of the Holy Spirit - Catharine Regina vim Greiffenberg

You unseen lightning, flash of light in darkness,
 heart-filling strength, an Essence inconceivable.
 Something divine dwells in my spirit,
 stirring and moving me: I feel a rare light.

Friday, 28 October 2022

Winter - Seamus O'Sullivan

Why will you plague me with your loveliness? 
     Can you not see 
How vain is every grace and each caress? 
     Prithee let be. 

Thursday, 27 October 2022

On Losing A Pencil In French River (Sonnet XIII) - George Jehoshaphat Mountain

Ah! river named of France, let reason judge,
  My silver-mounted implement to thee,
If I am greatly blameable to grudge,
  Seized, swallow'd, as by ocean, plunderer free;

Wednesday, 26 October 2022

October in New Zealand - Jessie Mackay

O June has her diamonds, her diamonds of sheen,
Meet for a queen’s neck, if Death had e’er a queen!

Tuesday, 25 October 2022

Sonnet - Domingos Maximiano Torres

Mariella, dear, but, O, ungrateful fair!
Look on the sea serene null calmly bright, —

Sunday, 23 October 2022

A Chant on the Mustard Hut - Trần Minh Tông

The Mustard Hut is extremely small. Barely room for the knee.
Peaceful and drowsy, the day moves on by itself. 
Animals do not come. The spring day is tranquil. 

Saturday, 22 October 2022

The page sat in the lofty tower - Jens Peter Jacobsen

The page sat in the lofty tower
Gazing at the distance,
Rhyming of a love song
On his love and longing,

Friday, 21 October 2022

News Has Come - Maironis

"News has just come in from Prussia:
  Saddle up your horse!
Knights are heading for our country
  With a mighty force.

Thursday, 20 October 2022

An Australian girl - Ethel Castilla

She has a beauty of her own, 
A beauty of a paler tone 
   Than English belles.