Darth Palma
Darth Palma voted up Tom Jackson's answer
How do you picture the woman in this poem? What does she look like to you?

She

Like a breath,

The wind rustling,

From the mouth of God.

My companion?

How could I

Be worthy

Of her?

Still, steadfast,

She clings to my shirt

And kisses me.

God has made

For Him

My love.

As an ephemeral nymph---which is probably unfair to A.E. Housman:

Alfred Edward Housman (/ˈhaʊsmən/; 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936), usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle of poems … Read more

Darth Palma
Darth Palma voted up Tom Jackson's answer
How do you picture the woman in this poem? What does she look like to you?

She

Like a breath,

The wind rustling,

From the mouth of God.

My companion?

How could I

Be worthy

Of her?

Still, steadfast,

She clings to my shirt

And kisses me.

God has made

For Him

My love.

As an ephemeral nymph---which is probably unfair to A.E. Housman:

Alfred Edward Housman (/ˈhaʊsmən/; 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936), usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle of poems … Read more