The Dream and the Blood

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<l>Go back, dark blood, to the springs from which</l>
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<l>Go back, though each mutinous drop swells</l>
<l>upward in flood.</l>
<l>What! Am I nothing more now than a wave of</l>
<l>onrushing flame?</l>
<l>Nothing but sport of my pulse? Back, back,</l>
<l>dark blood!</l>
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<l>Am I not master here in my own house of flesh?</l>
<l>Cease roaring and rising. Be still, I tell you;</l>
<l>be still.</l>
<l>I have work that calls for cool evenings; I have</l>
<l>stuff of the mind to thresh.</l>
<l>Must you pit your unreasoning hunger against</l>
<l>my determinate will?</l>
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<l>I tell you this body for which we are always</l>
<l>Is more than mere fuel for you to be turned</l>
<l>into ash.</l>
<l>It was shaped by white visions of leaving its bones,</l>
<l>of extending</l>
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<l>What!Will you not even listen? I hear you,</l>
<l>O hater</l>
<l>Of all that I plan. I hear how the thud</l>
<l>In my veins beats your victory. . . Later, then,</l>
<l>Later.</l>
<l>Give me myself for an hour. Go back, dark</l>
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The Dream and the Blood Louis Untermeyer 2019 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Alex Telesca's Fame
306 Andrews University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-4100 alextelesca@outlook.com
2019

Copyright © 2019 by Alex Telesca

 The Best Poems of 1924 L.A.G. Strong Louis Untermeyer April 1924 Small, Maynard & Company Publishers Boston

Alex Telesca Transcribed and encoded a poem The Dream and the Blood Go back, dark blood, to the springs from which you came. Go back, though each mutinous drop swells upward in flood. What! Am I nothing more now than a wave of 5 onrushing flame? Nothing but sport of my pulse? Back, back, dark blood! Am I not master here in my own house of flesh? Cease roaring and rising. Be still, I tell you; be still. I have work that calls for cool evenings; I have stuff of the mind to thresh. 5 Must you pit your unreasoning hunger against my determinate will? I tell you this body for which we are always Is more than mere fuel for you to be turned into ash. It was shaped by white visions of leaving its bones, of extending 5 Itself into realms where your heat would be less than a flash. What!Will you not even listen? I hear you, O hater Of all that I plan. I hear how the thud In my veins beats your victory. . . Later, then, Later. 5 Give me myself for an hour. Go back, dark blood. Louis Untermeyer

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The Dream and the Blood Louis Untermeyer 2019 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Alex Telesca's Fame
306 Andrews University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-4100 alextelesca@outlook.com
2019

Copyright © 2019 by Alex Telesca

 The Best Poems of 1924 L.A.G. Strong Louis Untermeyer April 1924 Small, Maynard & Company Publishers Boston

Alex Telesca Transcribed and encoded a poem The Dream and the Blood Go back, dark blood, to the springs from which you came. Go back, though each mutinous drop swells upward in flood. What! Am I nothing more now than a wave of onrushing flame? Nothing but sport of my pulse? Back, back, dark blood! Am I not master here in my own house of flesh? Cease roaring and rising. Be still, I tell you; be still. I have work that calls for cool evenings; I have stuff of the mind to thresh. Must you pit your unreasoning hunger against my determinate will? I tell you this body for which we are always Is more than mere fuel for you to be turned into ash. It was shaped by white visions of leaving its bones, of extending Itself into realms where your heat would be less than a flash. What!Will you not even listen? I hear you, O hater Of all that I plan. I hear how the thud In my veins beats your victory. . . Later, then, Later. Give me myself for an hour. Go back, dark blood. Louis Untermeyer