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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. SUMMER HEAT, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poet's Biography First Line: Sun burning down on back and loins, penetrating the skin Last Line: In savage play and amorous despite. Subject(s): Love; Passion; Summer | |||
SUN burning down on back and loins, penetrating the skin, bathing their flanks in sweat, Where they lie naked on the warm ground, and the erns arch over them, Out in the woods, and the sweet scent of fir-needles Blends with the fragrant nearness of their bodies; In-armed together, murmuring, talking, Drunk with wine of Eros' lips, Hourlong, while the great wind rushes in the branches, And the blue above lies deep beyond the fern-fronds and fir-tips; Till, with the midday sun, fierce scorching, smiting, Up from their woodland lair they leap, and smite, And strike with wands, and wrestle, and bruise each other, In savage play and amorous despite. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ADVANCE OF SUMMER by MARY KINZIE THE SUMMER IMAGE by LEONIE ADAMS CANOEBIAL BLISS by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY THE END OF SUMMER by HENRY MEADE BLAND THE FARMER'S BOY: SUMMER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD SONNET: 14. APPROACH OF SUMMER by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES JULY IN WASHINGTON by ROBERT LOWELL ODE TO THE END OF SUMMER by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY AS A MOULD FOR SOME FAIR FORM by EDWARD CARPENTER |
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