Free eBooks by H. D. (Hilda Doolittle)

HYMEN As from a temple service, tall and dignified, with slow pace, each a queen, the sixteen matrons from the temple of Hera pass before the curtain—a dark purple hung between Ionic columns—of the porch or open hall of a palace. Their hair is bound as the marble hair of the temple Hera. Each wears a crown or diadem of gold. They sing—the music is temple music, deep, simple, chanting notes: ... more...

SEA GARDEN SEA ROSE Rose, harsh rose,marred and with stint of petals,meagre flower, thin,sparse of leaf, more preciousthan a wet rosesingle on a stem—you are caught in the drift. Stunted, with small leaf,you are flung on the sand,you are liftedin the crisp sandthat drives in the wind. Can the spice-rosedrip such acrid fragrancehardened in a leaf? THE HELMSMAN O be swift—we have ... more...