IF MARRIAGE is to be one flesh, this twain made one, Then I am married to the multitudinous world: I have passed through the hills and the sea, and they through me: Star-light and sun-light have drenched me, nestling under my skin: Yea, I have eaten of the sun when I have eaten of the fruits of the field: And I have drunk deep of the ocean... All parts of my body have been elsewhere: In other people: or in the grasses: or in the cow and tiger: Continually the stars rain their rays into the meadows whereof I taste: I am a meeting place for the tides of the waters of the world... No wonder then I feel so at home: That love goes from me to all creation: I am only loving myself. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...KATHMANDU GUEST HOUSE by KAREN SWENSON OUTIDANA: A DIRGE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES TO THE MEMORY OF SAMUEL WHITBREAD by BERNARD BARTON THE JAY WALKER by BERTON BRALEY SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 13 by BLISS CARMAN THE CANTERBURY TALES: THE PARDONER'S TALE by GEOFFREY CHAUCER |