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SONNET XXIII
“THOU SHALT DRAW ME” |
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SONNET XXIII
“THOU SHALT DRAW ME”
Thou shalt draw me: it shall be changed at last.
I am the stronger now—I have to draw
Thy soul by some magnetic simple law
Towards mine, till every idol is downcast.
Then when thy spirit is wholly free from flaw,
Thou shalt draw me; my work will then be past:
Thou shalt allure by thine own yearning vast
My spirit; and it shall follow, pale with awe.
I am the stronger now—I have to draw
Thy soul by some magnetic simple law
Towards mine, till every idol is downcast.
Then when thy spirit is wholly free from flaw,
Thou shalt draw me; my work will then be past:
Thou shalt allure by thine own yearning vast
My spirit; and it shall follow, pale with awe.
My ecstasy shall then at last begin,—
My cup of glorious pleasure shall be full,—
As into silver waters soft and cool
That purge with many a lovely surge from sin
I joyous then shall plunge: thy great desire
Shall clothe me, as in measureless white fire.
My cup of glorious pleasure shall be full,—
As into silver waters soft and cool
That purge with many a lovely surge from sin
I joyous then shall plunge: thy great desire
Shall clothe me, as in measureless white fire.
1876.
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