|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOUR SONNETS: 4, by LINDLEY WILLIAMS HUBBELL Poet's Biography
First Line: Now there has come to pass the thing I feared
Last Line: Dizzy and sick until the fit has passed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hayasi Shuseki
Subject(s): Bodies
First Line: Now there has come to pass the thing I feared
Last Line: Dizzy and sick until the fit has passed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hayasi Shuseki
Subject(s): Bodies
Now there has come to pass the thing I feared,
By which I am persuaded to desire
Your body's near acquaintance, and take fire
From looking on your flesh -- you are endeared
To me for no more noble cause than this.
Moreover, I have felt as much -- and more --
Not once or twice but many times before,
And you are one that I should scarcely miss.
Yet for a time you are vouchsafed such power
To interrupt my brain and roil my blood
As one would hardly credit; for this hour
I stand as other hours I have stood,
My back against the wall and breathing fast,
Dizzy and sick until the fit has passed.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
THE BODY BREAKING by MARVIN BELL
THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#15): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND RIGOR by MARVIN BELL
7 A.M., A MAN AND A WOMAN by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR
CEZANNE AND THE LOVE OF COLOR by STEPHEN DOBYNS
CEZANNE AND ZOLA by STEPHEN DOBYNS
ADVICE by LINDLEY WILLIAMS HUBBELL