Poem: “How Cold” by Natalie Clifford Barney

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American Literature – American Poetry – Natalie Clifford Barney – Poems from Natalie Clifford Barney
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How Cold

How cold the autumn night,
Fearing that never more,
As before,
Will she pour
In with the moonlight through my door.
—On nights when the moon over-brimmed with light
Was like a loving-cup she bore.
… My love, my love’s delight,
How are you lost? How fight
Against an angels flight?
Tarnished upon the floor
The halo desire kept bright!
Like a lonely child afright
Questions each empty fold —
When loves fairy tales are told,
In midnights anguish might
My golden head turn white
Under the moons down-pour:
In a moment a million moons more
Drown, chill and cover me quite …
Rather than feel the cold,
The gradual growing cold—
Make me one with the autumn night.

< < < I Built a Fire
Habit > > >

American Literature – American Poetry –Natalie Clifford Barney – Poems from Natalie Clifford Barney

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