Richard Aldington God Poems
- 1. Childhood
I
The bitterness. the misery, the wretchedness of childhood
Put me out of love with God.
... - 2. Prelude
How could I love you more?
I would give up
Even that beauty I have loved too well
That I might love you better.
... - 3. Lemures
In Nineveh
And beyond Nineveh
In the dusk
They were afraid.
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