Desire, first, by a natural miracle <br />United bodies, united hearts, blazed beauty; <br />Transcended bodies, transcended hearts. <br /> <br />Two souls, now unalterably one <br />In whole love always and for ever, <br />Soar out of twilight, through upper air, <br />Let fall their sensous burden. <br /> <br />Is it kind, though, is it honest even, <br />To consort with none but spirits- <br />Leaving true-wedded hearts like ours <br />In enforced night-long separation, <br />Each to its random bodily inclination, <br />The thread of miracle snapped?<br /><br />Robert Graves<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-snapped-thread/
