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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KISS; DAVID'S RECONCILIATION WITH ABSALOM, by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY Poet's Biography First Line: The fury of a creature when it drips Alternate Author Name(s): Field, Michael (with Edith Emma Cooper) | |||
The fury of a creature when it drips Wet-fanged, and thirsty with the desert dust, The clench in battle on a sword that must Ravish the foe, the pang of finger tips- Joy of a captain in recovered ships, Joy, verity of a long-buried lust Delightsome to the flesh, is in the thrust Toward Absalom of the king's tarried lips. And, lo, beneath that awful benison, A thief's face glittered, sniffing at the gems Of the bent crown as they were cassia-stems; While the young years heard but the rolling on Of chariots, and a tumult, broke amain By rumour of an agèd monarch slain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest... |
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