Learning to swim
At forty-eight, to be given water,
which is most of the world, given life
in water, which is most of me, given ease, . . .
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Leda and the Swan
A sudden blow: the great wings beating still
Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed
By the dark webs, her nape caught in his bill,
. . .
Let Evening Come
Let the light of late afternoon
shine through chinks in the barn, moving
up the bales as the sun moves down. . . .
Let It Be Forgotten
Let it be forgotten, as a flower is forgotten,
Forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold,
Let it be forgotten for ever and ever,
. . .
Let the Light Enter
“Light! more light! the shadows deepen,
And my life is ebbing low,
Throw the windows widely open: . . .
Life
Life, like a marble block, is given to all,
A blank, inchoate mass of years and days,
Whence one with ardent chisel swift essays . . .
Life in a Love
Escape me?
Never—
Beloved!
. . .
Light Shining out of Darkness
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God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform;
. . .
Like Rousseau
She stands beside me, stands away,
the vague indifference
of her dreams. Dreaming, to go on, . . .
Lincoln
Would I might rouse the Lincoln in you all,
That which is gendered in the wilderness
From lonely prairies and God’s tenderness. . . .
