The Worms at Heaven's Gate (original) (raw)
"The Worms at Heaven's Gate" is a poem from Wallace Stevens' first book of poetry, Harmonium (1923). It was first published in 1916 and is therefore in the public domain. The Worms at Heaven's Gate Out of the tomb, we bring Badroulbadour, Within our bellies, we her chariot.Here is an eye. And here are, one by one,The lashes of that eye and its white lid.Here is the cheek on which that lid declined,And, finger after finger, here, the hand,The genius of that cheek. Here are the lips,The bundle of the body and the feet.. . . . . . . . . . .Out of the tomb we bring Badroulbadour.
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| dbo:abstract | "The Worms at Heaven's Gate" is a poem from Wallace Stevens' first book of poetry, Harmonium (1923). It was first published in 1916 and is therefore in the public domain. The Worms at Heaven's Gate Out of the tomb, we bring Badroulbadour, Within our bellies, we her chariot.Here is an eye. And here are, one by one,The lashes of that eye and its white lid.Here is the cheek on which that lid declined,And, finger after finger, here, the hand,The genius of that cheek. Here are the lips,The bundle of the body and the feet.. . . . . . . . . . .Out of the tomb we bring Badroulbadour. (en) |
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| dbp:quote | Out of the tomb, we bring Badroulbadour, Within our bellies, we her chariot. Here is an eye. And here are, one by one, The lashes of that eye and its white lid. Here is the cheek on which that lid declined, And, finger after finger, here, the hand, The genius of that cheek. Here are the lips, The bundle of the body and the feet. . . . . . . . . . . . Out of the tomb we bring Badroulbadour. (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | "The Worms at Heaven's Gate" is a poem from Wallace Stevens' first book of poetry, Harmonium (1923). It was first published in 1916 and is therefore in the public domain. The Worms at Heaven's Gate Out of the tomb, we bring Badroulbadour, Within our bellies, we her chariot.Here is an eye. And here are, one by one,The lashes of that eye and its white lid.Here is the cheek on which that lid declined,And, finger after finger, here, the hand,The genius of that cheek. Here are the lips,The bundle of the body and the feet.. . . . . . . . . . .Out of the tomb we bring Badroulbadour. (en) |
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