Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SAPPHIC, by ANNE DAVIDSON


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SAPPHIC, by                    
First Line: I have not known a love equal to yearning
Last Line: Tearful is autumn.
Subject(s): Desire


I have not known a love equal to yearning;
Nor any kiss, nor any arms' embracing
So dear as their absence; youth in all its sweetness --
Mist and the shadows!

There is no feast so wholesome yet as hunger;
Tell me if the fruit trailing the blossom
Rivals half with it? Oh, let the humming
Bee in the orchard

Feast; I will remember when the autumn
Comes bearing all and bowing in full ripeness
How the branches were in earlier summer
Bursting in promise.

If only flowers could ever stay unblown and
Always live in promise for tomorrow!
Love would be eternal if unproven --
Tearful is autumn.





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