Face Aflower

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Face Aflower

FACE aflower and soul aflame,
Into my darkness the dancing came,
And my heart cried out and my body yearned,
And the whole world bourgeoned and danced and burned,
And I saw white limbs of the Morning stir
As the darkness flowered and flamed with her.

Title: Face Aflower
Identifier: greatwar_macfie096

Item sets: War: an Ode And Other Poems

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