Lanier
response to sidney lanier
Look off, dear Love, across the sallow seas
And mark yon meeting of the sulky sky and madder earth
For in the hazing both appear to join
Yet we know in truth that they are just as
Juxtaposed as compromise
I miss you darling earth at night
The sweet warmth and perfume of your body
Brought me comfort
But by the sun you wear such lurid treachery
Like trees I would blast them with a hurricane of truth
And lay them down for fossils they will be
So make me plunge beyond that far horizon
New days will rise as pure
Beatific as our days
And love will be renewed for you