English Poetry. James Elroy Flecker. The First Sonnet of Bathrolaire. Джеймс Элрой Флеккер.

James Elroy Flecker (Джеймс Элрой Флеккер)

The First Sonnet of Bathrolaire

Over the moonless land of Bathrolaire
Rises at night, when revelry begins,
A white unreal orb, a sun that spins,
A sun that watches with a sullen stare
That dance spasmodic they are dancing there,
Whilst drone and cry and drone of violins
Hint at the sweetness of forgotten sins,
Or call the devotees of shame to prayer.
And all the spaces of the midnight town
Ring with appeal and sorrowful abuse.
There some most lonely are: some try to crown
Mad lovers with sad boughs of formal yews,
And Titan women wandering up and down
Lead on the pale fanatics of the muse.

James Elroy Flecker’s other poems:

1. The Second Sonnet of Bathrolaire
2. Fountains
3. November Eves
4. I Rose From Dreamless Hours
5. The Ballad Of The Student In The South

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