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AESTHETICS by CHARLES TRUEMAN LANHAM

First Line: YOUR SLENDER THROAT
Last Line: IN SUDDEN SLANTINGS THROUGH THE VALE.
Subject(s): ADMIRATION; BEAUTY;

Your slender throat
Is smoother than the ivory crucifix you wear,
Is whiter than the moonflower in your midnight hair.
Your throat is molded snow, Perfect . . . pale.
Tomorrow I shall hide you from the sun.
Tomorrow I shall watch the swallows come and go
In sudden slantings through the vale.



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