Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
From "Vashti"
WHAT thing shall be held up to woman's beauty?Where are the bounds of it? Yea, what is allThe world, but an awning scaffolded amidThe waste perilous..
© Lascelles Abercrombie
Hymn To Love
We are thine, O Love, being in thee and made of thee,As théou, Léove, were the déep thoughtAnd we the speech of the thought; yea, spoken are we,Thy..
© Lascelles Abercrombie
Genesis Bk Ix
ll. 438-441) I will let him sit next me, whoever shall return tohell proclaiming that they have set at naught, by word and deed,the counsels of the..
© Caedmon
Genesis Bk Xx
(ll. 1248-1254) Then the sons of God began to take them wivesfrom the tribe of Cain, a cursed folk, and the sons of men chosethem wives from among..
© Caedmon
Genesis Bk Xviii
(ll. 1082-1089) And there was also in that tribe another son ofLamech, called Tubal Cain, a smith skilled in his craft. He wasthe first of all men on..
© Caedmon
Genesis Bk V
(ll. 235-236) "...Eat freely of the fruit of every other tree.From that one tree refrain. Beware of its fruit. And ye shallknow no dearth of pleasant..
© Caedmon
Genesis Bk Xv
(ll. 872-881) And straightway God made answer unto him: "Tell me,My son, why stealest thou away into the darkness with shame?Thou didst not formerly..
© Caedmon
Genesis Bk Xvii
(ll. 1002-1005) Then the Lord of glory spake unto Cain, and askedwhere Abel was. Quickly the cursed fashioner of death madeanswer unto Him:(ll...
© Caedmon
Genesis Bk Xvi
(ll. 918-924) And unto Eve God spake in wrath: "Turn thee fromjoy! Thou shalt live under man's dominion, sore smitten withfear before him. With..
© Caedmon
Genesis Bk Xi
ll. 442-460) Then God's enemy began to make him ready, equippedin war-gear, with a wily heart. He set his helm of darkness onhis head, bound it full..
© Caedmon
Genesis Bk Xiii
ll. 684-703) Long she pled, and urged him all the day to thatdark deed, to disobey their Lord's command. Close stood the evilfiend, inflaming with..
© Caedmon
Genesis Bk Xix
(ll. 1167-1180) And after Cainan Mahalaleel possessed the landand treasure many a year. The prince lived five-and-sixtywinters, and begat a son. An..
© Caedmon
Genesis Bk Xxi
l. 1327) Then our Lord said unto Noah:(ll. 1328-1355) "I give thee My pledge, dearest of men, that thoumayest go thy way, thou and the seed of every..
© Caedmon
Genesis Bk Iii
(ll. 135-143) The day departed, hasting over the dwellings ofearth. And after the gleaming light the Lord, our maker, thruston the first of evenings...
© Caedmon
Genesis Bk Vii
(ll. 322-336) The other fiends who waged so fierce a war with Godlay wrapped in flames. They suffer torment, hot and surgingflame in the midst of..
© Caedmon
Genesis Bk Vi
(ll. 246-260) The Holy Lord, All-wielding God, with mighty handhad wrought ten angel-orders in whom He trusted well, that theywould do Him service..
© Caedmon
Genesis Bk Ii
ll. 82-91) The citizens of heaven, the home of glory, dweltagain in concord. Strife was at an end among the angels, discordand dissension, when those..
© Caedmon
Genesis Bk Iv
ll. 169-191) ....It did not seem good to the Lord of heaven thatAdam should longer be alone as warden and keeper of this newParadise. Wherefore the..
© Caedmon
Genesis Bk I
I(ll. 1-28) Right is it that we praise the King of heaven, theLord of hosts, and love Him with all our hearts. For He is greatin power, the Source of..
© Caedmon
Caedmon's Hymn
Nu scylun hergan hefaenricaes uardmetudæs maecti end his modgidancuerc uuldurfadur sue he uundra gihuaeseci dryctin or astelidæhe aerist scop aelda..
© Caedmon
All Pervading Consciousness
And as His Essence all the world pervadesNaught in Creation is, save this alone.Upon the waters has He fixed His Throne,This earth suspended in the..
© Al-Ghazali Abu Hamid
Why Was Adam
'Why was Adam driven from the garden?'The pupil asked his master. 'His heart was hardenedWith images, a hundred bonds that clutter the earthChained..
© Al-Ghazali Abu Hamid
The Triumph Of The Soul
Joy! Joy! I triumph! Now no more I knowMyself as simply me. I burn with loveUnto myself, and bury me in love.The centre is within me and its..
© Al-Ghazali Abu Hamid
Intoxicated By The Wine Of Love
Intoxicated by the Wine of Love.From each a mystic silence Love demands.What do all seek so earnestly? 'Tis Love.What do they whisper to each other?..
© Al-Ghazali Abu Hamid
Invocation
We are busy with the luxury of things.Their number and multiple faces bringTo us confusion we call knowledge. Say:God created the world, pinned night..
© Al-Ghazali Abu Hamid