Silverpoints

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Silverpoints

by John Gray

EN·~27 minutes·1 chapter

Chapters

1 total
1

Part 1

27:17

Description

A luminous tapestry of verses, this work opens with a procession of courtly ladies drifting through an orchard, their delicate movements mirrored in blooming flowers and whispered winds. The poet’s language is rich with color and texture, turning garden scenes into intimate portraits of yearning, beauty, and fleeting grace. Each stanza feels like a private confession, whether it’s a lover’s tender appeal to a distant muse or a seedling’s hopeful chant toward the sun.

Interwoven with these lyrical portraits are playful, almost musical dialogues—sonnets addressed to friends, plaintive odes to the sea, and whimsical musings on love’s paradoxes. The tone shifts effortlessly from the serene hush of a garden at dawn to the restless pulse of a dark harbor, inviting listeners to wander through varied landscapes of emotion. By the close of the opening, the collection has established a dream‑like rhythm that beckons the audience to linger among its silver‑threaded reflections.

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Language

en

Duration

~27 minutes (26K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Ruth Hart ruthhart@twilightoracle.com

Release date

2007-04-24

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

John Gray

John Gray

1866–1934

A poet of the 1890s decadence movement who later became a Catholic priest, he led a life as unusual and compelling as his verse. His work moves from polished aesthetic poems to spiritual writing shaped by faith and service in Edinburgh.

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