“a nymph upon my knees, / And she as rosy as the dawn, / And naked as the breeze”

[larryhammer]

For Poetry Monday, forward to Modernist poet and playwright Akins again:

I Am the Wind, Zoë Akins

I am the wind that wavers,
    You are the certain land;
I am the shadow that passes
    Over the sand.

I am the leaf that quivers,
    You, the unshaken tree;
You are the stars that are steadfast,
    I am the sea.

You are the light eternal—
    Like a torch I shall die.
You are the surge of deep music,
    I but a cry!


---L.

Subject quote from Oak and Olive, James Elroy Flecker, who I don't quote enough.