Domestic happiness together
a farewell from time to time
and then a child comes in
No men in our arms
no fuss, we say
to the teenager among us
Forgetting the world
forgotten by the world
being free
within the walls
eternal sunshine
in my spotless mind
As a temple, cleansed
with the wind, which takes
away what is not possible
with the water from the holy well
the sacrificial barley cakes of the earth
and the always burning fire in the hearth
the eternal stream
within the walls
of my life
Jul 5, 2022
Jul 5, 2022 at 3:18 AM UTC
Domestic happiness together
a farewell from time to time
and then a child comes in
No men in our arms
no fuss, we say
to the teenager among us
Forgetting the world
forgotten by the world
being free
within the walls
eternal sunshine
in my spotless mind
As a temple, cleansed
with the wind, which takes
away what is not possible
with the water from the holy well
the sacrificial barley cakes of the earth
and the always burning fire in the hearth
the eternal stream
within the walls
of my life
Alexander Pope (London 1688-1744) about the Vestal Virgins in his poem "Eloisa to Abelard" (1717) on Abelard and Héloïse:
207 How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot!
208 The world forgetting, by the world forgot:
209 Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
210 Each prayer accepted, and each wish resign'd;
211 Labour and rest, that equal periods keep;
Collection "Metamorphic body"
