Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YOU, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Is this your body that my fingers touch? Last Line: And my white dream of peace. Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Beauty; Love | ||||||||
Is this your body that my fingers touch? And are these lips but lips, that can reveal Splendor of marching skies -- so much More than the flesh can feel? Under the savage heat and rude desire A sudden glory breaks, half-felt, half-seen; I rise upon a sea of singing fire That lifts and sweeps me clean. The rumble and the clash of war have gone Into my blood that shouts its battle-cry! Even your beauty keeps me struggling on Toward that for which men die. You hold me closely, yet you set me free For unknown battles with a great release; You are my red desire of victory And my white dream of peace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A BIRTHDAY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER A VOICE FROM THE SWEAT-SHOPS (A HYMN WITH RESPONSES) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER |
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