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To The Bitter Sweet-Heart: A Dream

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TO THE BITTER SWEET-HEART: A DREAM by WILFRED OWEN One evening Eros took me by the hand, And having folded feathers round my head, Or sleep like feathers, towards a far hope sped, I groping, for he bade me understand He would soon fill with Yours my other hand--- But when I heard his singing wings expand My face fell deeply in his shoulder. Sweet moons we flew thus, yet I waned not older But in his exquisiteness I flagged, unmanned Till, when his wings were drooping to an end Feeling my empty hand fulfilled with His, I knew Love gave himself my passion-friend. So my old quest of you requited is, Ampler than e'er I asked of your girl's grace. I shall not ask you more, nor see your face.
Title
To The Bitter Sweet-Heart: A Dream
Author
Owen, Wilfred (1893-1918)
Item date
1983
Content
Poem
Copyright
The Estate of Wilfred Owen. The Complete Poems and Fragments of Wilfred Owen edited by Jon Stallworthy first published by Chatto & Windus, 1983. Preliminaries, introductory, editorial matter, manuscripts and fragments omitted.
Digital repository
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Repository name
ProQuest
Repository address URL
http://literature.proquest.com/
First line
One evening Eros took me by the hand,
Publication source
The Complete Poems and Fragments of Wilfred Owen
Publication editor
Stallworthy, Jon
Publishers
Chatto & Windus
Publication place
London

Citation

“To The Bitter Sweet-Heart: A Dream,” by Owen, Wilfred (1893-1918). The Estate of Wilfred Owen. The Complete Poems and Fragments of Wilfred Owen edited by Jon Stallworthy first published by Chatto & Windus, 1983. Preliminaries, introductory, editorial matter, manuscripts and fragments omitted. via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 16, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/3368.

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