George Darley (1795-1846). From Nepenthe. Robert Bridges, ed. 1916. The Spirit of Man: An Anthology

Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916.

From Nepenthe

George Darley (1795–1846)


.. O SORROW 1 of Sinfulness! the gate
To Pain, kept wide by watchful Hate!
Sloping aloft with cliffy sides
Thro’ the burnt air the porchway rides:
Demoniac shapes, devices grim,	5
Trenching the storied panels dim.

Alas! what scalding sand-wind rolls
Me to the sulphury rack of souls
Fierce on, and scarfs my victim eyes
With careless wreaths for sacrifice?	10

Note 1. Darley. From ‘Nepenthe’. II. 256. [back]