Hilda Doolittle Light Poems
- 1. Prayer
White, O white faceâ??
from disenchanted days
wither alike dark rose
and fiery bays:
... - 2. Cities
Can we believe -- by an effort
comfort our hearts:
it is not waste all this,
not placed here in disgust,
... - 3. Sheltered Garden
I have had enough.
I gasp for breath.
Every way ends, every road,
... - 4. Evening
The light passes
from ridge to ridge,
from flower to flowerâ??
the hepaticas, wide-spread
... - 5. Eurydice
I
So you have swept me back,
I who could have walked with the live souls
... - 6. Cassandra
O Hymen king.
Hymen, O Hymen king,
what bitter thing is this?
... - 7. Evadne
I first tasted under Apollo's lips,
love and love sweetness,
I, Evadne;
my hair is made of crisp violets
... - 8. Song
YOU are as gold
as the half-ripe grain
that merges to gold again,
as white as the white rain
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