I know nothing of this poet -1867-1924- but am quite taken with this.
The Nun
One glance and I had lost her in the riot
BANNED POSTBANNED POSTBANNED POSTBANNED POSTOf tangled cries.
She trod the clamor with a cloistral quiet
BANNED POSTBANNED POSTBANNED POSTBANNED POSTDeep in her eyes
As though she heard the muted music only
BANNED POSTBANNED POSTBANNED POSTBANNED POSTThat silence makes
Among dim mountain summits and on lonely
BANNED POSTBANNED POSTBANNED POSTBANNED POSTDeserted lakes.
There is some broken song her heart remembers
BANNED POSTBANNED POSTBANNED POSTBANNED POSTFrom long ago,
Some love lies buried deep, some passion's embers
BANNED POSTBANNED POSTBANNED POSTBANNED POSTSmothered in snow,
Far voices of a joy that sought and missed her
BANNED POSTBANNED POSTBANNED POSTFail now, and cease . . .
And this has given the deep eyes of God's sister
BANNED POSTBANNED POSTBANNED POSTBANNED POSTTheir dreadful peace.
She's most likely a one-poem poet, at least I can't find another poem by her. Does anyone else know of other one-poem poets and care to post a work that may be still remembered even if the poet is not?
Jim
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