Whether thou hast seen my love.

“This night in heaven I saw him lie,

Discontented with his bliss;

And on my lips he left this kiss,

For thee to taste and then to die.”

T. L. Beddoes (1803-1849).

Beddoes intended to destroy this poem, but it was published without his knowledge. This is one of the cases where artists have shown themselves incapable critics of their own work.


O Earth so full of dreary noises!

O men with wailing in your voices!