Color Laboratory

An Elegie (XXIIX)

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His Look commanded Reverence and Awe,
Though Mild and Amiable, not Austere:
Well Humored was He (as I ever saw)
And ruled by Love and Wisdom more than Fear.
  The Muses, and the Graces too, conspired
  To set forth this Rare Piece, to be admired.

Urian Oakes (1631-1681)

End

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There are
No clocks on the wall,
And no time,
No shadows that move
From dawn to dusk
Across the floor.

There is neither light
Nor dark
Outside the door.

There is no door!

Langston Hughes (1902-1967)

Assault

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I had forgotten how the frogs must sound
After a year of silence, else I think
I should not so have ventured forth alone
At dusk upon this unfrequented road.

I am waylaid by Beauty. Who will walk
Between me and the crying of the frogs?
Oh, savage Beauty, suffer me to pass,
That am a timid woman, on her way
From one house to another!

Edna St. Vincent Millay