MY love leads the white bulls to sacrifice.
He is white, and he leans against their folded necks.
Blue is the sky behind them, and the dust from the highway yellows his ivory limbs.
He leans and moves, restraining, yet drawn on by tossing heads.
He feels the...
Alice Archer (Sewall) James
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I Am not what I was yesterday,
God knows my name.
I am made in a smooth and beautiful way,
And full of flame.The color of corn are my pretty wings,
My flower is blue.
I kiss its topmost pearl, it swings
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HE comes, the happy warrior,
The wind has blown him on!
He is great and terrible and sweet,
From flaming hair to rapid feet.
His presence strides the earth full-armed, complete.Oh, underneath his helmet-rim
The...