<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=410181" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Orchard</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I saw the first pear<br> as it fell--<br> the honey-seeking, golden-banded,<br> the yellow swarm<br> was not more fleet than I,<br> (spare us from loveliness)<br> and I fell prostrate<br> crying:<br> you have flayed us<br> with your blossoms,<br> spare us the beauty<br> of fruit-trees.<br> <br> The honey-seeking<br> paused not,<br> the air thundered their song,<br> and I alone was prostrate.<br> <br> O rough hewn<br> god of the orchard,<br> I bring you an offering--<br> do you, alone unbeautiful,<br> son of the god,<br> spare us from loveliness:<br> <br> these fallen hazel-nuts,<br> stripped late of their green sheaths,<br> grapes, red-purple,<br> their berries<br> dripping with wine,<br> pomegranates already broken,<br> and shrunken figs<br> and quinces untouched,<br> I bring you as offering.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Hilda+Doolittle">Hilda Doolittle</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=410181" data-title="Orchard de Hilda Doolittle" data-description="I saw the first pear as it fell-- the honey-seeking, golden-banded, the yellow swarm was not more fleet than I, (spare us from loveliness) and I fell prostrate crying: you have flayed us with your blossoms, spare us the beauty of fruit-..."></div> </div> </div>

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