Give me a child!! Dear Heart, we have loved long, <br />Draining each other’s sweetness to the last <br />Wild drops of honeyed madness falling fast <br />Upon our limbs in ecstasies of song. <br />“More love,” we cried. “More, and still more.” And, strong <br />And fierce, the tide of passion filled the vast <br />Immeasured space of our desire, and cast <br />Us breathless to the realms the white gods throng. <br /> <br />My Poet, let the tempest rise once more, <br />Until from spirit out of spirit, wise <br />And free, we draw our own youth back again— <br />My dimpled chin, your eyes; and learn the lore <br />Of everlasting life and all emprise <br />From the sweet child that comes to us through pain.<br /><br />Zora Bernice May Cross<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-sonnet-xxviii/
