Song

Song
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

I saw thee on thy bridal day-
When a burning blush came o'er thee,
Though happiness around thee lay,
The world all love before thee:

And in thine eye a kindling light
(Whatever it might be)
Was all on Earth my aching sight
Of Loveliness could see.

That blush, perhaps, was maiden shame-
As such it well may pass-
Though its glow hath raised a fiercer flame
In the breast of him, alas!

Who saw thee on that bridal day,
When that deep blush would come o'er thee,
Though happiness around thee lay;
The world all love before thee.

Alone

Hi everybody,

I am very excited about this trip.
One answer to questions you make:
Why a blog?
Why in English?
Why this title?

Alone
James Joyce (1882-1941)

The moon's greygolden meshes make
All night a veil,
The shorelamps in the sleeping lake
Laburnum tendrils trail.

The sly reeds whisper to the night
A name -her name-
And all my soul is a delight,
A swoon of shame.