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Honey and Gall, Poems
Excerpt from Honey and Gall, Poems
Proem.
This, the song of my blood and the singing -
Of pains, I now offer to please.
What I bring in the seed is the bringing
Of fruits that will ripen and ease
Bitter thoughts, by a perfume close clinging,
By these rhyme-storms, like turbulent seas.
I sing of strange songs and the wringing
Of hands in fatidical zeal, -
Of great gloom-throated bells, ever ringing
With wild poems of bronze till they reel.
I sing of all terrors hell-springing,
And I sing of our woe and our weal.
Like a bee on a tulip-leaf swinging,
I extract all the juice and the meat,
All the dross and the dew, nothing flinging -
Aside, whether good or effete.
For are bees to be shunned for their stinging,
If their honey is luscious and sweet?
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Proem.
This, the song of my blood and the singing -
Of pains, I now offer to please.
What I bring in the seed is the bringing
Of fruits that will ripen and ease
Bitter thoughts, by a perfume close clinging,
By these rhyme-storms, like turbulent seas.
I sing of strange songs and the wringing
Of hands in fatidical zeal, -
Of great gloom-throated bells, ever ringing
With wild poems of bronze till they reel.
I sing of all terrors hell-springing,
And I sing of our woe and our weal.
Like a bee on a tulip-leaf swinging,
I extract all the juice and the meat,
All the dross and the dew, nothing flinging -
Aside, whether good or effete.
For are bees to be shunned for their stinging,
If their honey is luscious and sweet?
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
233 pages, Paperback
First published September 27, 2015
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