John Freeman

John Freeman (1880–1929) was an English poet and critic. His poetry is known for its quiet, reflective tone and contemplations of nature, memory, and mortality. Biografia ↓Więcej ↓

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The Wanderer

Over the pool of sleep The night mists creep, Then faint thin light and then clear day, Noontide, and lingering afternoon; Then that Wanderer, the Moon Wandering her old wild way. How many spirits follow Her in that dark hollow! Like a lost lamb she roams on high Through the cold and soundless sky, And stares down into her deep Reflection in the pool of sleep. How many follow Her in that lone hollow! She sees them not nor would she hear Though both shape and sound were clear,

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The Bright Rider

All the night through I drank Sleep like water or cool cider; Life flowed over and I sank Down below the night of clouds.... Then on a pale horse was rider Through long brushing woods Where the owl in silence broods, Quavers, and is quiet again; Where the grass dark and rank Breathes on the still air its rain. Rain and dark and green and sound Closing slowly round Swept me as I rode, And rode on until I came Where a white cold river flowed Under woods thin and bare

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John Freeman (1880–1929) was an English poet, essayist, and literary critic. He published several collections of verse, including 'Stone Trees' (1916), 'Poems New and Old' (1920), and 'The Grove' (1921). His poetry often explores themes of rural life, the passage of time, and transient beauty, employing a restrained, meditative style. Freeman received the Hawthornden Prize in 1920 for 'Poems New and Old'. He also contributed critical essays to periodicals and was a respected reviewer of contemporary poetry. Though less widely read today, his work represents a notable strand of early twentieth-century English lyric poetry.

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