“And see the peaceful trees extendtheir myriad leaves in leisured dance—they bear the weight of sky and cloudupon the fountain of their veins.”Help us translate this quoteKathleen Raine
“Intent on one great love, perfect,Requited and for ever,I missed love's everywhereSmall presence, thousand-guised.”Help us translate this quoteKathleen Raine Poem Confessions
“He has married me with a ring, a ring of bright waterWhose ripples spread from the heart of the sea,He has married me with a ring of light, the glitterBroadcast on the swift river.”Help us translate this quoteKathleen Raine Origine: Poem The Marriage of Psyche
“Strangers have crossed the sound, but not the sound of the dark oarsmenOr the golden-haired sons of kings,Strangers whose thought is not formed to the cadence of waves,Rhythm of the sickle, oar and milking pail”Help us translate this quoteKathleen Raine Poem The Ancient Speech
“In rose with petals soft as airI bind for you the tides and fire —the death that lives within the flower,oh, gladly love, for you I bear.”Help us translate this quoteKathleen Raine Poem Envoi
