In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, "Is it good, friend?" "It is bitter -- bitter," he answered; "But I like it "Because it is bitter, "And because it is my heart." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BARREL-ORGAN by ALFRED NOYES NUPTIAL ODE ON THE MARRIAGE OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN URANIA; THE WOMAN IN THE MOON: THE THIRD CANTO, OR FULL MOON by WILLIAM BASSE THE SONG OF THE COSSACK by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER ON A FORSAKEN LARK'S NEST by MATHILDE BLIND THE MOON OF RAMADAN by MATHILDE BLIND MOUNT SINAI by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR |