[BNP/E3, 79¹ – 5]

June 19 – 1907.

1

Nymphs in nude sleep in bowers which must be scented

By adorns deeper than the human soul

Unto whose fragrance is a music blended   .N.

That strange and sad the spirit doth control.

2

A life chain-lock’d with Beauty’s power

The tranquil prisoner in her own beauty’s cave

She fills {…} the |careless| blessing of an hour

Like children that will play upon a grave.

3

Remark the heaving of her tumid breast

Full with the mystic swell of maidenhood

Remark how her breath betrays her soul’s unrest

That with sweet ignorance of[1] love’s ways doth hood.

4.

The dreams and sweeten in that bower secluded

The tender zephyr sends a vague caress

As {…} rose-petals  {…} as lone {…} intruded

With ignorant lust {…} undress {…}

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5

Her {…} arms are carelessly disposed

Mingling serenely with the {…} grass

Slightly aside her {…} head is reposed

And over her light shadows go[2] and pass.

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Intruded

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June 19 1907

Alexander Search

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