The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson

Author:Helen Simonson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2016-03-21T16:00:00+00:00

“Your marble thigh so sinewed, whitely,

Would that my hand might press to warm

Life to the veins, set sap to running—

And harvest the shepherd home to the farm.”

As Daniel paused, the fiddle, joined by a pennywhistle, began the same minuet again, in a minor key, and Beatrice and Celeste laid their gifts at the farm girl’s feet and entwined their arms for the first figure of the dance.

“King of your own flesh, Prince of your own eyes,

None has dominion higher than the pure.

I touch like a priest but the rope of your sandal,

Pledge you all honor, and faith that endures.”

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