Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BODY AND SOUL, by RACHEL ANNAND TAYLOR


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BODY AND SOUL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The spirit is a spotless doe that haunts
Last Line: The accusation of her hunted eyes.
Subject(s): Hearts; Love; Soul; Spirituality


THE spirit is a spotless doe that haunts
The vast, pure woods of God. Thro' her domain
She feels the calm sweet days unsullied wane,
And white dream-Dryads are her ministrants.

And, thro' the flattered leaves the love-light slants,
—Till suddenly shrieks her softly-slumbering pain.
The hounds o' the flesh are on the trail again,
And on, on, on, the sobbing quarry pants.

Who is the Hunter that unleashed the pack?
Was it a god's strange heart the sport designed?
She only knows He cannot call them back:

That only to the flaming hour she flies
When the last shameful agony shall blind
The accusation of her hunted eyes.





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