Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DANCE TO BAAL, by FELIX KOWALEWSKI


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DANCE TO BAAL, by                    
First Line: With lithe young body sheathed in cloth-of-gold
Last Line: To greet her lord in virgin arrogance!
Subject(s): Bodies; Dancing & Dancers; Gold; Idols; Statues


With lithe young body sheathed in cloth-of-gold,
She gleams in undulating arrogance;
With every measure of the dance
Her golden limbs are softly aureoled.

She gleams in undulating arrogance --
A statue poured from some diviner mold.
Her golden limbs are softly aureoled
As toward the flaming altars they advance.

A statue poured from some diviner mold --
Her body bends and sways as in a trance,
As toward the flaming altars they advance:
She climbs the steps, a goddess unconsoled --

Her body bends and sways as in a trance,
The violins die out, the fires grow cold:
She climbs the steps, a goddess unconsoled.
To greet her Lord in virgin arrogance!





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