Cracks of light Stones of height Laid from the deep Steam in flight On a wing-less night Lashed out on the heath Ruined wall Now not so tall Remnant of time Back we go Forward through snow Alone I file Across a moonlight mile Love is just a memory In a land of broken smilesContinue reading “L.A. Never”
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Chatterton – an ode
As high as a cloud wandering on Bristol’s towerForever will I sing his nameFruitfully brought me to his finest hourForever a great organ plays its painWill I go no more to St Mary Redcliffe?A fine repose now in a sea of modernityIn whose gothic ramparts held religious communitySang a song worth, ten men, when Chatterton’sContinue reading “Chatterton – an ode”