Wild honey from various thyme By Michael Field [i.e. K. H. Bradley and E. E. Cooper] |
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DEMI-GOD
God of a yet chaotic hierarchy!
When the new realms are won, the sceptres crowned,
Mindful of Aphrodite, mild, profound,
With temples crystal as the crystal sea,
When the new realms are won, the sceptres crowned,
Mindful of Aphrodite, mild, profound,
With temples crystal as the crystal sea,
One will enthrone how gradual on the light,
Where air and light and thought have finer sense;
Then...but till then the mystery how tense,
Strain of the veil, and thwarting of the sight!
Where air and light and thought have finer sense;
Then...but till then the mystery how tense,
Strain of the veil, and thwarting of the sight!
We cannot serve him; lone he perseveres.
Created ripe as Hermes, with a theme
That is himself, his faculties, his dream,
Created ripe as Hermes, with a theme
That is himself, his faculties, his dream,
He strives for converse with us through the years:
And only as we break our jealous pains,
And listen with charmed spirit, he attains.
And only as we break our jealous pains,
And listen with charmed spirit, he attains.
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