A dome of many-coloured glass 多彩玻璃顶

A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass 1 A Dome of Many- Coloured Glass by Amy Lowell 更多好书请点击 www.uus8.org A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass 2 "Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass, Stains the white radiance of Eternity." Shelley, "Adonais". "Le silence est si grand que mon coeur en frissonne, Seul, le bruit de mes pas sur le pave resonne." Albert Samain. 更多好书请点击 www.uus8.org A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass 3 Lyrical Poems Before the Altar Before the Altar, bowed, he stands With empty hands; Upon it perfumed offerings burn Wreathing with smoke the sacrificial urn. Not one of all these has he given, No flame of his has leapt to Heaven Firesouled, vermilion-hearted, Forked, and darted, Consuming what a few spare pence Have cheaply bought, to fling from hence In idly-asked petition. His sole condition Love and poverty. And while the moon Swings slow across the sky, Athwart a waving pine tree, And soon Tips all the needles there With silver sparkles, bitterly He gazes, while his soul Grows hard with thinking of the poorness of his dole. "Shining and distant Goddess, hear my pra......