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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PROCESSIONAL, by ALICE ARCHER SEWALL JAMES First Line: My love leads the white bulls to sacrifice Last Line: My love leads the white bulls to sacrifice. | |||
MY love leads the white bulls to sacrifice. He is white, and he leans against their folded necks. Blue is the sky behind them, and the dust from the highway yellows his ivory limbs. He leans and moves, restraining, yet drawn on by tossing heads. He feels the festal music; rapid and strong are his arms and breast; Yet from his waist beneath, loose and slow is his resting pace, Flowers are in his hair, and he is fair. He thinks he is but strong; he can overcome, And his mind sees only the impatient horns; But my heart sees his slimness, and would care for him like a mother. My love leads the white bulls to sacrifice. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SINFONIA EROICA by ALICE ARCHER SEWALL JAMES THE BUTTERFLY by ALICE ARCHER SEWALL JAMES TO PRIMROSES FILLED WITH MORNING DEW by ROBERT HERRICK WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT? by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS DANNY DEEVER by RUDYARD KIPLING ACROSS THE STREET by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 19. THE SOUTHERN PASSION by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) AUNT DOROTHY'S LECTURE by ADA CAMBRIDGE |
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