Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SUMMER, by ADOLF VON HATZFELD



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First Line: I broke through to you, beloved, in the grassy plains
Last Line: The raging storm, beloved, in you, the night.
Subject(s): Longing; Summer


I broke through to you, Beloved, in the grassy plains of the Northland,
like the bursting earth my Spring heart broke through.
I drew toward you, Beloved, in the maddening resinscent of trees,
in the odor of moist seeds,
with the tinkling moon-song in the stirred air.
I broke through to you, Beloved, with the stags of the southern forests,
with the frantic herds of mustangs. The oxen leapt.
Butterflies were dancing, beetles and shimmering swarms of gnats.
By day their hosts stood shadowing the sun
like clouds, singing above my head;
trembling and drunken as I, they moved toward their beloved.
I flew to you serenely with the lifting blood of birds
high in the air, to you, Beloved,
to you, Beloved, eternal summons,
eternal tumult, southwind in the hard snow of my winter.
But God sounded the horn of Summer.
I drew toward you, Beloved, to become one with you,
madness in my blood, to become one with you,
a tumbling avalanche upon the mountains of your body, Beloved,
radiant flowers upon the meadows of your soul, Beloved,
the wide mouth, the stream pouring into your sea, Beloved,
the raging storm, Beloved, in you, the night.





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