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White Stains
White Stains (1898), PDF p. 119
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Ah ! Love ! how fierce that night !
With what unsung desire
Thy lips and mouth were bright,
In mine eye to give light,
And fire to kindle fire.
Ah Love ! nor king nor queen
Of mine exhaustless flame,
But comrade of my teen,
Spouse of that epicene
Incontinence of shame.
Twin Love ! Soul’s dual spouse,
Dream-serpent of my life,
Rose-garland of my brows
Within that ivory house,
Sex with itself at strife.
Were I a wanton stream,
Thou mightest bathe in me,
Yet in that happy dream
Methought my heart did deem
We mingled utterly.
O sexless ! deathless ! fair
Beyond the world to me,
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