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And when I found your flesh did not resist,
It was the living spirit that I kissed.

The rain of matter upon sense
Destroys me momently. The score:
There comes what will come.

And one rose in a tent of sea and gave
A darkening shudder; water fell away;
The whale stood shining, and then sank in spray.

The poet's first job of work is to put bread on the table.

The land is numb. It stands beneath the feet, and one may come Walking securely, till the sea extends Its limber margin, and precision ends.

Reptilian green the wrinkled throat,
Green as a bough of yew the beard;
He bent his head, and so I smote

Far out of sight forever stands the sea,
Bounding the land with pale tranquillity.

By practice and conviction formed, With ancient stubbornness ingrained, Although her body clung and swarmed, My own identity remained.