I was a child beneath her touch,–a man
When breast to breast we clung, even I and she,–
A spirit when her spirit looked through me,–
A god when all our life-breath met to fan
Our life-blood, till love’s emulous ardours ran,
Fire within fire, desire in deity.
(Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1828 – 1882)
John Lentell
2nd November, 1969
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