And we have seen night lifted in thine arms.
With a burning spear and a horse of air
Or what sterile lianas are at once your serpents' disguise
I learned the eagerness of youth
Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn,
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
With an host of furious fancies,
A cleft in your chin instead of your foot
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
An afternoon of nurses and rumours;
And we have seen night lifted in thine arms.
With a burning spear and a horse of air
Or what sterile lianas are at once your serpents' disguise
I learned the eagerness of youth
Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn,
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
With an host of furious fancies,
A cleft in your chin instead of your foot
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
An afternoon of nurses and rumours;