@3Lines on a Marble Group called "Ante Peccatum" at Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, California.@1 For contemplation he and valor formed, For softness she and sweet attractive grace. @3Milton.@1 Eve speaks a language none can fail to hear, Yet Adam answers not. The surging tide Of life—emotion-stirred—confounds, and Fear The charm obscures of sweet, ingenuous bride; Those importunings (which, suspects he, sin,) The question prompts, if pleasing to his God, But conscious is he of a power within— A struggling soul—no longer he a clod! Shall clay, commingling now, perpetuate The shape divine, just fashioned by His will, And prove that woman's urge is one with Fate? No; Adam, sore tormented, doubting still, Disputes the proof, and lo! on Reason calls!— But only Nature answers as he falls. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SUMMER SHIRT SALE by CARL SANDBURG ESSAY: AT NIGHT THE AUTOPORTRAIT AT NIGHT by ELENI SIKELIANOS CLOSING TIME AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO by KAREN SWENSON WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL HESTER PRYNNE? by KAREN SWENSON |