Friday, August 8, 2008

"Then would she hold me and never let me go?"
















Under yonder beech-tree single on the green-sward,
Couched with her arms behind her golden head,
Knees and tresses folded to slip and ripple idly,
Lies my young love sleeping in the shade.
Had I the heart to slide an arm beneath her,
Press her parting lips as her waist I gather slow,
Waking in amazement she could not but embrace me:
Then would she hold me and never let me go?


From "Love in the Valley" by George Meredith (1828-1909). Complete poem at Poetry Foundation.


Image from Historia del Arte Erotico.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a pretty dream!

chayaruchama said...

I can never resist your art choices...
MMMMMMM.

She looks content !

BitterGrace said...

Isn't it, and doesn't she? It's such a sweet picture, and the poem is charming.