Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EROS: 7, by HILDA DOOLITTLE Poet's Biography First Line: What need of a lamp Last Line: Love must first shatter us. Alternate Author Name(s): H. D.; Aldington, Richard, Mrs. Variant Title(s): Fragment Forty-five: 5 Subject(s): Bible; Love - Nature Of | ||||||||
What need of a lamp when day lightens us, what need to bind love when love stands with such radiant wings over us? What need -- yet to sing love, love must first shatter us. | Other Poems of Interest...RESCUE THE DEAD by DAVID IGNATOW BUTTERFLIES UNDER PERSIMMON by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 27 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 30 by JAMES JOYCE HE WHO KNOWS LOVE by ELSA BARKER LOVE'S HUMBLENESS by ELSA BARKER |
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