Elves are no smaller
than men, and walk
as men do, in this world,
but with more grace than most,
and are not immortal.
Their beauty sets them aside
from other men and from women
unless a woman has that cold fire in her
called poet: with that
she may see them and by its light
they know her and are not afraid
and silver tongues of love
flicker between them.
The Elves
Denise Levertov
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Poem topics: beauty, fire, light, silver, walk, woman, women, world, cold, afraid, poet, love, I love you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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