Hilda Doolittle - Wash of Cold River

Hilda Doolittle - Wash of Cold River

Wash of cold river br in a glacial land, br Ionian water, br chill, snow-ribbed sand, br drift of rare flowers, br clear, with delicate shell- br like leaf enclosing br frozen lily-leaf, br camellia texture, br colder than a rose; br br wind-flower br that keeps the breath br of the north-wind -- br these and none other; br br intimate thoughts and kind br reach out to share br the treasure of my mind, br intimate hands and dear br drawn garden-ward and sea-ward br all the sheer rapture br that I would take br to mould a clear br and frigid statue; br br rare, of pure texture, br beautiful space and line, br marble to grace br your inaccessible shrine.


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Uploaded: 2014-11-07

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