 | The Complete Poems and Collected Letters of Adelaide Crapsey |  |
[I offer my self to you as cool water in cup of crystal]
I offer my self to you as cool water in cup of crystal,
So, sweetly fulfilling the needs of thy body
For thou must drink water or die.
So, sweetly fulfilling the needs of thy body
For thou must drink water or die.
I offer myself as wine graciously held in golden goblet
A subtle drink of fire—
Thy soul hath need of this to live.
A subtle drink of fire—
Thy soul hath need of this to live.
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Between us two no thanks save knowledge that the gift is life to both:
Were it not sin and bitter waste that thou should die thirsty—
Or poured wine and water lie undrunk?
Were it not sin and bitter waste that thou should die thirsty—
Or poured wine and water lie undrunk?
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