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A Poet of One Mood
From Poems (1921)
A poet of one mood in all my lays,
Ranging all life to sing one only love,
Like a west wind across the world I move,
Sweeping my harp of floods mine own wild ways.
The countries change, but not the west-wind days
Which are my songs. My soft skies shine above,
And on all seas the colours of a dove,
And on all fields a flash of silver greys.
I make the whole world answer to my art
And sweet monotonous meanings. In your ears
I change not ever, bearing, for my part,
One thought that is the treasure of my years,
A small cloud full of rain upon my heart
And in mine arms, clasped, like a child in tears.
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MLA
Meynell, Alice. “A Poet of One Mood.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meynell/29/.
Chicago
Meynell, Alice. “A Poet of One Mood.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meynell/29/.
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