The Dance

Portrait of R.S. Thomas
R.S. Thomas 1913–2000

She is young. Have I the right Even to name her? Child, It is not love I offer Your quick limbs, your eyes; Only the barren homage Of an old man whom time Crucifies. Take my hand A moment in the dance, Ignoring its sly pressure, The dry rut of age, And lead me under the boughs Of innocence. Let me smell My youth again in your hair.

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  1. elena United States

    i lokie this poem it relates to me good job

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