Kathleen Jessie Raine (14 June 1908 – 6 July 2003) was a British poet, critic, and independent scholar.
Born: June 14th, 1908
Died: July 6th, 2003
Categories: Critics, English poets, 2000s deaths
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Intent on one great love, perfect, Requited and for ever, I missed love's everywhere Small presence, thousand-guised.
In rose with petals soft as air I bind for you the tides and fire — the death that lives within the flower, oh, gladly love, for you I bear.
He has married me with a ring, a ring of bright water Whose ripples spread from the heart of the sea, He has married me with a ring of light, the glitter Broadcast on the swift river.
Strangers have crossed the sound, but not the sound of the dark oarsmen Or the golden-haired sons of kings, Strangers whose thought is not formed to the cadence of waves, Rhythm of the sickle, oar and milking pail