High on a hill
Dylan Thomas
1914 to 1953
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High on a hill,
Straddle and soak,
Out of way of the eyes of men,
Out of the way,
Straddle her wrinkled knees
Until the day’s broken—
Christ, me write from the heart,
War on the heart—
till the adder is,
Breathe till the snake is home,
Inch on the old thigh
Till the bird has his shell,
And the carnal stem that stood
Blowing the blood’s ebb,
Is fallen down
To the ground.
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