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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INTERIM: 6, by BERNICE LESBIA KENYON Poet's Biography
First Line: See, with my will I curb my importunate hands
Last Line: Forces submission—holds their desire inert...
Alternate Author Name(s): Gilkyson, Walter, Mrs.
Subject(s): Desire; Love
First Line: See, with my will I curb my importunate hands
Last Line: Forces submission—holds their desire inert...
Alternate Author Name(s): Gilkyson, Walter, Mrs.
Subject(s): Desire; Love
SEE, with my will I curb my importunate hands
That know their way to find you, coolly touching
The curve of your head with restrained and reverent fingers,
Giving you peace... I curb my intemperate hands
That have learned too well the power of forgetfulness
Given you at their touch. They are empty now—
Powerless—hard—there is no magic in them.
They are tense and white with restraint. My desperate will
Forces submission—holds their desire inert...
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