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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAWN, by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG Poet's Biography
First Line: The languorous thighs of the morning
Last Line: The women who forget they were ladies!
Subject(s): Dawn; Sleep; Women; Sunrise
First Line: The languorous thighs of the morning
Last Line: The women who forget they were ladies!
Subject(s): Dawn; Sleep; Women; Sunrise
The languorous thighs of the morning
stretch themselves in sleep,
and one eye just peers
over the edge of white comforters,
vaguely to discover
the paramour flown,
without plea of leave-taking
or hypocritical excuse,
to the Orient,
as the fellow's shadow betrays:
whither,
with an irate mien
and thighs sprouting wings,
she pursues him:
for,
once you've had them,
they're no longer backward,
the women who forget they were ladies!
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