Henry Treece White Poems

  • 1.
    In that stone head, obscenity
    Has been preserved a thousand years;
    A bible-leaf of families
    Have shuddered at the pointed ears.
    ...
  • 2.
    The old ones knew that black was hate,
    White garment purity and red one sin;
    They spoke the language of the trees
    And opened veins to let love in.
    ...
  • 3.
    In that stone head, obscenity
    Has been preserved a thousand years;
    A bible-leaf of families
    Have shuddered at the pointed ears.
    ...
  • 4.
    The bells of memory sound this summer day
    Down the long alleys of the blue-skied years;
    Shy cowslip, thyme, the haunting scent of hay,
    Pleached gardens nourished by a lover's tears,
    ...
  • 5.
    Through the dark aisles of the wood
    Where the pine-needles deaden all sound
    And the dove flutters in the black boughs

    ...
Total 5 White Poems by Henry Treece

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Love 9 I Love You 9 Heart 8 Black 6 Death 5 White 5 Sun 4 Head 4 Alone 4 Soul 4

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