Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WOMEN AND WOMEN, by ANNA BUNSTON DE BARY


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WOMEN AND WOMEN, by                    
First Line: All women cry to men; for some cry 'give!'
Last Line: And from their dust the flower of manhood springs.
Subject(s): Man-woman Relationships; Male-female Relations


ALL women cry to men; for some cry "Give!"
By day and night: a ravenous life they live,
Devouring gift and giver; then they die
In giving birth to wailing misery;

And some cry "Be—be men!": though few arise
To do the bidding of their wistful eyes,
Death to those virgins comes with Gabriel's wings,
And from their dust the flower of manhood springs.





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