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THE EMBANKMENT by THOMAS ERNEST HULME

Poet Analysis

First Line: ONCE, IN FINESSE OF FIDDLES FOUND I ECSTASY
Last Line: THAT I MAY FOLD IT ROUND ME AND IN COMFORT LIE.

Once, in finesse of fiddles found I ecstasy,
In the flash of gold heels on the hard pavement.
Now see I
That warmth's the very stuff of poesy.
Oh, God, make small
The old star-eaten blanket of the sky,
That I may fold it round me and in comfort lie.



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