American poetry -- 20th century

Heavens and Earth

Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943· 4 chapters· 13,564 words

CHARIOTS AND HORSEMEN THE RETORT DISCOURTEOUS 21 TWO AT THE CROSSROADS 23 SIR JOHN RIMBECK TO THE PRINCESS OF ACRE 25 THREE DAYS’ RIDE 26 THE PLOW (_A New England Tragedy_) 30

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1. Part 1

CHARIOTS AND HORSEMEN THE RETORT DISCOURTEOUS 21 TWO AT THE CROSSROADS 23 SIR JOHN RIMBECK TO THE PRINCESS OF ACRE 25 THREE DAYS’ RIDE 26 THE PLOW (_A New England Tragedy_) 30

2. Part 2

My queen is wan as the Polar snows. Her host is a rout of specters. But I gave her Youth like a burning rose, And her age shall not lack protectors!

3. Part 3

You live in the Terminal Building, I In the Metropolitan Tower. This is what I send you every night, A flash of red and a flash of white, The red for our hearts and their pulse...

4. Part 4

If I could lay my head upon Your breast, where it has never lain, And know there was an end to pain, And feel between my clasped hands, one Slight brown small hand, lean as a bo...