English Poems, Volume 02 (of 2)
In your o'ergrown soul found!

Make your great rut dispersedly rejoice

With laugh or voice,

As if all earth, hot sky and tremulous air

A mighty cymbal were!

XIX

Set the great Flemish hour aflame!

Your senses of all leisure maim!

Cast down with blows that joy even where they hurt

The hands that mock to avert!

All things pick up to bed that lead ye to

Be naked that ye woo!

Tear up, pluck up, like earth who treasure seek,

When the chest's ring doth peep,

The thoughts that cover thoughts of the acts of heat

This great day does intreat!

Now seem all hands pressing the paps as if

They meant them juice to give!

Now seem all things pairing on one another,

Hard flesh soft flesh to smother,


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