MORS JANUA AMORIS
Hold her in a human shape;
Hold her safe without escape !
So I put my spells about her
As she flew into my dreams;
So I drew her to the outer
Land of unforgetful streams;
So I laid her (who should doubt her ?)
Where enamelled verdure gleams,
Drew her spirit from without her!
In her eyelids stellar beams
Glow renascent, now I hold her
Breast to breast, and shining shoulder
Laid to shoulder, in the bliss
Of the uncreated kiss.
Lips to lips beget for daughters
Little kisses of the breeze ;
Limbs entwined with limbs, the waters
Of incredible blue seas;
Eyes that understand, the slaughters
Of a thousand ecstasies
Re-embodied, as they wrought us
Garlands of strange sorceries;
New desires and mystic passion
Infinite, of starry fashion;
The mysterious desire
Of the subtle formless fire.
Vainly may the Tyanzean
Throw his misconceiving eye
SI