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    Hymen
    Hymen
    Hymen
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    Hymen

    By H. D.

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    "Hymen" is a beautiful collection of poems by Hilda Doolittle. This volume demonstrates the complex transition between Imagism as an aesthetic into Imagism as a craft. H.D. takes the readers on a wonderful journey to the fascinating work of poetry. It features 'Hymen,' 'Demeter,' 'Simaetha,' 'Thetis,' and many more beloved poems of the poet.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateSep 15, 2022
    ISBN8596547314707
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      Hymen - H. D.

      H. D.

      Hymen

      EAN 8596547314707

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

      HYMEN

      DEMETER

      I

      II

      III

      IV

      SIMAETHA

      THETIS

      I

      II

      CIRCE

      LEDA

      HIPPOLYTUS TEMPORIZES

      CUCKOO SONG

      THE ISLANDS

      I

      II

      III

      IV

      V

      VI

      VII

      AT BAIA

      SEA HEROES

      NOT HONEY

      EVADNE

      SONG

      WHY HAVE YOU SOUGHT

      THE WHOLE WHITE WORLD

      PHAEDRA

      SHE CONTRASTS WITH HERSELF HIPPOLYTA

      SHE REBUKES HIPPOLYTA

      EGYPT

      (To E. A. Poe)

      HELIOS

      PRAYER

      HYMEN

      Table of Contents

      As from a temple service, tall and dignified, with slow pace, each a queen, the sixteen matrons from the temple of Hera pass before the curtain—a dark purple hung between Ionic columns—of the porch or open hall of a palace. Their hair is bound as the marble hair of the temple Hera. Each wears a crown or diadem of gold.

      They sing—the music is temple music, deep, simple, chanting notes:

      From the closed garden

      Where our feet pace

      Back and forth each day,

      This gladiolus white,

      This red, this purple spray—

      Gladiolus tall with dignity

      As yours, lady—we lay

      Before your feet and pray:

      Of all the blessings—

      Youth, joy, ecstasy—

      May one gift last

      (As the tall gladiolus may

      Outlast the wind-flower,

      Winter-rose or rose),

      One gift above,

      Encompassing all those;

      For her, for him,

      For all within these palace walls,

      Beyond the feast,

      Beyond the cry of Hymen and the torch,

      Beyond the night and music

      Echoing through the porch till day.

      The music, with its deep chanting notes, dies away. The curtain hangs motionless in rich, full folds. Then from this background of darkness, dignity and solemn repose, a flute gradually detaches itself, becomes clearer and clearer, pipes alone one shrill, simple little melody.

      From the distance, four children's voices blend with the flute, and four very little girls pass singly before the curtain, small maids or attendants of the sixteen matrons. Their hair is short and curls at the back of their heads like the hair of

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