George Sterling Heart Poems
- 1. The First Food
Mother, in some sad evening long ago,
From thy young breast my groping lips were taken,
Their hunger stilled, so soon again to waken,
But nevermore that holy food to know.
... - 2. The Ashes In The Sea
Whither, with blue and pleading eyes,-
Whither, with cheeks that held the light
Of winter's dawn in cloudless skies,
Evadne, was thy flight?
... - 3. Spring In Carmel
O'er Carmel fields in the springtime the sea-gulls follow the plow.
White, white wings on the blue above!
White were your brow and breast, O Love!
But I cannot see you now.
... - 4. A Legend Of The Dove
Soft from the linden's bough,
Unmoved against the tranquil afternoon,
Eve's dove laments her now:
“Ah, gone! long gone! shall not I find thee soon?”
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