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Kathleen Raine on Christmas

1908–2003 England

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Intent on one great love, perfect,
Requited and for ever,
I missed love's everywhere
Small presence, thousand-guised.

In rose with petals soft as air
I bind for you the tides and fire —
the death that lives within the flower,
oh, gladly love, for you I bear.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kathleen Raine (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.