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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUT OF THE SHADOWS: AN UNFINISHED SONNET-SEQUENCE 8, by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR.
First Line: When this gay earth whelmed with a mad desire
Last Line: Clad in the glory that is one with thee.
Subject(s): Desire
First Line: When this gay earth whelmed with a mad desire
Last Line: Clad in the glory that is one with thee.
Subject(s): Desire
When this gay earth whelmed with a mad desire
Swung out of chaos in a nebulous form,
God borned a passion tinged with heavenly fire
And wreathed about with many an ancient charm.
Garbed in the beauty of the vaulted skies,
To primal calm the passion burned its way,
When man was young and earth was Eden-wise,
And life the music of a golden day.
Down from the ages over hungered souls
And love-lorn hearts its flaming breath is spread,
Searing with crimson life's eternal scrolls,
Warming the spirit when the flesh is dead.
Crowned with the years the passion comes to me,
Clad in the glory that is one with thee.
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