The Darkling Thrush - by
I could think there trembled through / His happy good-night air /Some blessed Hope, whereof he knew / And…
hope
When the Times Darken - by
When the times darken / will there be singing even then? / There will be singing even then. / Of…
December Day - by
I ask no lovelier thing
/ Than this December silver:
/ See how the light flakes off the new-turned plough
/ Under the slow great swing
/ Of…
Chai ya Jioni - by
Wakati tunywapo chai hapa upenuni
/ Na kuwatazama watoto wetu
/ Wakicheza bembea kwa furaha
/ Tujue kamba ya bembea yetu
/ Imeshalika na imeanza kuoza
/ Na bado kidogo…
The City of Beggar Children - by
Where do the beggar children come from,
/ what forces multiply their rags?
/
/ Whose heart has never felt those fingers
/ pecked
/ by birds with copper…
Nae Day Sae Dark - by
Nae day sae dark; nae wüd sae bare;
/ Nae grund sae stour wi’ stane;
/ But licht comes through; a sang…
In the Time of Tyrants - by
All that the hand may touch;
/ All that the hand may own;
/ Crumbles beyond time’s clutch
/ Down to oblivion.
/
/ Fear not the boasts which…
‘A single quaver…’ - by
A single quaver
/ of loosening ice
/ extends across the silence,
/ revives the air
/ with the almost forgotten song
/ of snow melting to water
/ and of water…
Baggage - by
Dark, the days when the ships came slowly in,
/ Carrying the baggage from the old past,
/ Old love letters, promises long since…
The possibility of rain… - by
The possibility of rain… If rain is possible
/ everything is possible: spinach, lettuce, radish and dill,
/ even carrots and potatoes, even black
/ and…