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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BE NOT AFRAID, by HERBERT TRENCH Poet's Biography First Line: Be not afraid: it was some wise Last Line: Nor what I have possessed! Subject(s): Love | |||
BE not afraid: it was some wise Daemon amid that glade of Fate Tore off the bandage from our eyes And stamped us mate and mate. I am all yours. I kneel, I burn, Feel every naked rushing nerve And tendril of my being yearn For you; for you I starve! I am all yours. What creature else Exists but you? Passion divine Pursued through half-a-thousand hells I make, I keep you mine! Endless you yield what else none gives, That torturing, acutest bliss That quenches self-hood while it lives Enheavened in your kiss. So as the eagle on his ledge Huddles and broods above his prey Eternal terrors in me rage Lest some one take away; Lest I be not the universe For you (as you, my mate, for me) Of every sense -- all that confers This fearful ecstasy. None other living shall feel thus The blaze consummate light the breast, For like Death I am covetous Of this too perfect zest; None shall share what possesses us Nor what I have possessed! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT |
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