<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358473" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Prelude to Space</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">An Epithaliamium</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> So Man, grown vigorous now,<br> Holds himself ripe to breed,<br> Daily devises how<br> To ejaculate his seed<br> And boldly fertilize<br>The black womb of the unconsenting skies.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Some now alive expect<br> (I am told) to see the large,<br> Steel member grow erect,<br> Turgid with the fierce charge<br> Of our whole planet's skill,<br>Courage, wealth, knowledge, concentrated will,</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Straining with lust to stamp<br> Our likeness on the abyss-<br> Bombs, gallows, Belsen camp,<br> Pox, polio, Thais' kiss<br> Or Judas, Moloch's fires<br>And Torquemada's (sons resemble sires).</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Shall we, when the grim shape<br> Roars upward, dance and sing?<br> Yes: if we honour rape,<br> If we take pride to Ring<br> So bountifully on space<br>The sperm of our long woes, our large disgrace.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Clive+Staples+Lewis">Clive Staples Lewis</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358473" data-title="Prelude to Space de Clive Staples Lewis" data-description="An Epithaliamium So Man, grown vigorous now, Holds himself ripe to breed, Daily devises how To ejaculate his seed And boldly fertilize The black womb of the unconsenting skies. Some now alive expect (I am told) to see the large, Steel me..."></div> </div> </div>

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