Hilda Doolittle I Love You Poems
- 1. At Ithaca
Over and back,
the long waves crawl
and track the sand with foam;
night darkens, and the sea
... - 2. Helen In Egypt, Eidolon, Book Iii: 4
<i>Helen herself seems almost ready for this sacrifice-at least, for the immolation of herself before this greatest love of Achilles, his dedication to 'his own ship' and the figurehead, 'an idol or eidolon . . . a mermaid, Thetis upon the prow.'</i>
Did her eyes slant in the old way?
was she Greek or Egyptian?
... - 3. Cities
Can we believe -- by an effort
comfort our hearts:
it is not waste all this,
not placed here in disgust,
... - 4. Helen
All Greece hates
the still eyes in the white face,
the lustre as of olives
where she stands,
... - 5. Cassandra
O Hymen king.
Hymen, O Hymen king,
what bitter thing is this?
... - 6. Evadne
I first tasted under Apollo's lips,
love and love sweetness,
I, Evadne;
my hair is made of crisp violets
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