Versos English David Park Barnitz Vii

English poem

Vii

by (1878–1901)

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I am as one that thirsteth for all things, As one that holdeth to his lips the cup, With lower'd eyes searching the wine's dull flame. No thing may I refuse among all things, Till, having drain'd unto its dregs the cup, I may return into the astral flame.