for Anne Carson
Contents
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1
desire
might
decease
tender
eyes
fuel
famine
cruel
the
spring
bud
and
the
grave
2
winter’s
deep
livery
held
all
the
sunken
shame
how
fair
my
succession
old
blood
3
tell
that
fresh
world
whose
husbandry
will
stop
mother’s
prime
age
wrinkles
you
single
4
why
upon
nature’s
frank
abuse
the
profitless
cannot
traffic
deceive
then
audit
unused
lives
5
hours
gaze
to
that
summer
hideous
leaves
everywhere
left
prisoner
with
no
winter
substance
6
deface
summer
make
beauty
forbidden
pay
for
happier
times
refigured
death
living
for
conquest
7
gracious
burning
sight
looks
up
his
mortal
pilgrimage
weary
age
converted
look
out
son
8
sadly
war
not
pleasure
sounds
union
but
the
husband
strikes
mother
one
speechless
song
9
fear
life
if
the
world
has
widow
eyes
look
the
waste
destroys
others
himself
10
any
who
are
most
possessed
conspire
seeking
to
change
hate
and
prove
love
may live
11
fast
that
blood
from
wisdom
this
should
make
nature
perish
look
in
her
copy
12
time
sunk
past
all
trees
heat
summer’s
white
question
among
themselves
they
can
breed
13
your
self
should
give
you
determination
after
your
fall
honour
winter’s
eternal
love
father
14
stars
have
good
seasons
fortune
pointing
shall
predict
knowledge
stars
thrive
to
prognosticate
doom
15
consider
perfection
this
secret
increase
and
youthful
memory
this
most
wasteful
night
with
you
16
a
war
in
barren
hours
many
wish
your
life
this
inward
self
keeps
sweet
17
in
your
tomb
hides
the
numbers
age
touches
yellowed
tongue
your
antique
child
lives
18
summer’s
temperate
buds
have
hot
complexion
from
nature’s
eternal
possession
death
lines
men’s
lives
19
devouring
her
fierce
blood
season’s
wilt
and
forbid
love’s
antique
course
beauty’s
worse
young
20
hand
the
woman’s
shifting
eye
the
hues
men
first
wrought
and
nothing
she
treasures
21
it
stirred
for
every
proud
moon
april’s
huge
love
my
mother’s
candles
like
praise
22
my
youth
furrows
death
that
seemly
breast
can
therefore
not
bear
her
heart
again
23
as
fear
too
weakens
trust
the
decay
of
eloquence
and
love
has
silent
eyes
24
the
heart
is
best
for
your
hanging
eyes
good
for
windows
to
peep
to
know
25
stars
honour
fortune
in
their
sun’s eye
their
glory
for
victories
quite
forgot
and
removed
26
to
my
written
witness
poor
words
that
(naked)
star
graciously
and
show
how i
prove
27
i
travel
journey
to
my
pilgrimage
my
darkness
imaginary
sightless
jewel
her
limbs
quiet
28
return
the
oppression
and
each
torture
the
farther
you
blot
night
stars
draw
grief’s length
29
when
outcast
my
self
(is) more
possessed
desiring
what
thoughts
i
break
earth sings
such
change
30
the
remembrance
of
woes
drowns
in
death’s
long
moan
grieve
from
sad account
i
think on
sorrows
31
hearts
have
parts
buried
many
dear
dead
things
are
trophies
did
many
love
me
32
survive
death
and
poor
them
outstripped
love
happier men
loving
this
birth
of
better
love
33
glorious
mountain
kissing
streams
clouds
rack
from
unseen
morn
triumphant
he
masked
my
world
34
promise
me
clouds
rotten
enough
rain
well
heals
shame
yet
weak
offence’s
are
rich
35
grieved
thorns
stain
lives
men
compare
corrupting
sins
i
party
against
love
that
thief
36
two
undivided
remain
alone
our
lives
alter
from
knowledge
guilt
honour
unless
love
is mine
37
father
see
i
take my
birth
all
crowned
my
poor
shadow
in
part
is
happy
38
subject
that
argument
to
thanks
stand
dumb
when
the
old
call
outlive
my
praise
39
i
better
bring
what
this
love
may
deserve
torment
gave
love
time
to
remain
40
all
before
love
was
love
blame
my
taste
forgive
my
grief
hate’s
in
me
41
pretty
heart
befits
temptation
therefore
therefore
woo
her
forbear
youth’s
riot
break
her
false
42
all
her
wailing
touches
thus
because
even
my
loss
losing
each
other
both
are
alone
43
most
things
dream
bright
shadows
shadows
light
unseeing
eyes
looking
dead
sightless
till
day
44
flesh
should
be
remote
although
the
thought
soon
kills
miles
of
leisure
slow
tears
45
purging
with
desire
slide
quicker
tender
being
sink
until
messengers
come
recounting
joy
again
46
heart
divide
my
eye
lie
pierced
deny
him
title
the
verdict
is
clear
as
love
47
heart
turns
famished
smother
love’s
painted
eye
thoughts
so
present
move
with
sleep
awake
48
careful
to
use
falsehood
my
greatest
care
art
i
feel
the
pleasure
will
prove
thievish
49
time
shall
cast his
audit
when
that
thing
gravity
that
knowledge
against
reason
has
cause
50
how
weary
that
miles
bear
me
instinct
speed
on
anger
groan
to
groan
my joy
51
excuse
my
art
no
excuse
can
spur
motion
no
desire
shall
excuse
going slow
go
52
i
treasure
every
point
and
seldom
like
the
time
which
some
new
scope
triumphs
53
your
millions
every
one
counterfeit
poorly
all
you
speak
of
your
bounty
you
have
none
54
how
that
looks
in
bloom
perfumed
thorns
summer’s
virtue
lives and
dies
death
of
truth
55
monuments
shall
shine
sluttish
war
broils
quick
your
death
your
posterity
ending
so
live
56
be
blunter
by
tomorrow
today
wink
and kill
the
sad
parts
daily
love
being
rare
57
slave
hours
time
services
the
clock
bitterness
you
question
your
sadness
you
fool
thing
58
forbid
thought control
crave
to
suffer
imprisoned
patience
accusing
yourself
will
you
wait
be
ill
59
if
brains
labour for
a
record
even
some
mind
might
wonder
whether
revolution be
the
worse
60
waves
hasten
that
toil
light
crawls
against
time
time
parallels
nature’s
scythe
time’s
cruel
61
my
eyelids
slumber
shadows
spirit
home
to
scope
my
love
my
watchman
wakes
me
62
sin
and
sin
heart
face
true
self
in
glass
and
read
iniquity
i
age
63
now
crushed
his
wrinkles
travelled
beauty
vanishing
stealing
time
confounding
memory
life
black
and
green
64
time’s
buried
towers
eternal
ocean
the
kingdom
of
loss
such
decay
has
come
death
fears
65
since
mortality
shall
no
breath hold
against
rocks
steel
fearful
time’s
hand
spoils
this
love
66
all
desert
nothing
pure
honour
rudely
disgraced
strength
tongue-tied
controlling
truth
captive
with
love
67
ah
his
sin
his
false
dead
beauty
his
bankrupt
blood
she
lives
to
long
68
outworn
flowers
these
living
dead
shorn
second life
dead
hours
and
green
beauty
as
art
69
parts of
the
soul
bare truth
with
tongues that
praise
the
mind
guess
thoughts
flower
not
grow
70
blamed
yet
suspect
crow
be
greater
for
pure
ambush
victor
yet
evermore
masked
alone
71
dead
the
world
vile world
remember
that
i
make
you
with
my
decay
you’re
gone
72
should
you
forget
me
devise
to
hang
truth
lest
you
be
shamed
by
love
73
in
yellow
boughs
birds
see the
sunset fade
black night
seals
(the) glowing
ashes
as
it
makes
you
74
but
all carry
this
memorial
you
consecrate
the earth
spirit
lost
worm
conquest
remember
that
and this
75
food
showers
you
and
now
age
now
the world
feasting
starved for
delight
you
pine
away
76
new
variation
with
method
i
invent
every word
and
always
love
is
what
is
told
77
show
how
vacant
this book
which
will
steal
progress
what
waste
my
mind
as
profit
78
i
found
every alien
under
the
heavy
feathers
a
proud
influence
in
art
and
ignorance
79
my
verse
my
sick
argument
the
poet
robs
that word
he
found
praise
he
owes
80
you
use
his
fame
but
the
inferior
do
hold
deep
worth
he
cast
this
81
to
survive
death
each
immortal
must
yield
entombed
monuments
shall
your
dead
live
breathe
82
married
without
words
every book
as
a limit
enforced
of time
yet
rhetoric can
truly
tell
their
abuse
83
did
your
painting
exceed
a poet’s
report
your
modern
worth
silence
most
mute
bring
life in
84
most
rich
is
your
pen
his subject
writes
his story
copy
nature
and
admire
every
curse
on
praise
85
her
comments
reserve
precious
thoughts
like
every
polished
praise
add
in
words
for
dumb
86
proud
of
my
tomb
was
mortal
night
giving
familiar
intelligence
my
fear
filled up
matter
87
farewell
and
give
all
I hold
rich
fair
back again
own
me
so growing
better
i
sleep
88
light
my
self
prove
weakness
a story
conceal
glory
and
thoughts
that
vantage
such is
right
89
say
and i
speak
against
love
desire
i’ll
strangle
absent
name
should
acquaint
my
hate
90
hate
is
fortune
for
my
conquered
night
overthrow
me
grief
taste
the worse
strains of
loss
91
glory
in
new-fangled
hawks
pleasure
above
particulars
general
high
costs
hawks
boast
alone
most wretched
92
but
life
no longer
depends upon
fear
when
i see
that
inconstant
lie
i
love
fear
yet
93
i
deceived husband
love
your heart
hatred
cannot
look
and frown
in your
face
whatever
should
beauty
answer
94
hurt
thing
moving
cold
inherits
nature’s
lords
others
flower
though
base
dignity
turns
worse
95
shame
rose
budding
sins
tongue
comments
but
blesses
a
habitation
where
things
take
edge
96
fault
is
loved
faults
finger
the
errors
and
betray
his
many
strengths
love
being
97
winter
pleasure
dark
december’s
time
autumn
bearing
wombs
issue
orphans
and
birds
sing
dread
98
spring
dressed
in
heavy
smell
flowers
make
their
wonder
vermillion
figures
pattern
winter
shadow
99
violet
thief
purple
dwells
in
condemned
buds
thorns
despair
of
breath
pride
eats
flowers’
colour
100
long
might
fury
lend
forgetful
numbers
sing
and
face
time
decay
spoils
my
knife
101
o
neglect
love
and
answer
with
truth
never
praise
silence
outlive
and
teach
him
102
love
the
merchandized
tongue
then
greet
summer’s
growth
the
mournful
bough
common
like
song
103
poverty
having
all
praise
blame
your
invention
my
sinful
subject
no
graces
can
own
104
old
eye
still
forests
yellow
in
hot
green
beauty
steals
your
motion
fear
summer
105
idolatry
as
my
one
love
wondrous
constancy
expressing
my
true
change
one
often
kept
106
chronicle
the
old
dead
then
hand
their
master
prophecies
all
eyes
sing
these
tongues
107
prophetic
things
control
doom
mortal
augurs
crown
endless
time
and
live
tribes
find
tombs
108
ink
my
new
love
nothing
very
old
as
love
age
wrinkles
antiquity
conceited
time
109
false
absence
from
my
home
travels
exchanged
so
my
blood
could
leave
universe
rose
110
gone
my
thoughts
made
true
strangely
another
worse
end
will
try
god
my
pure breast
111
my
harmful
life
means
my
nature
works
and
willing
my
bitterness
double
pity
me
112
pity
stamped
me
over
i
know
i
steeled
all
sense
stopped
neglect
in
the world
113
since
that
function
is
the
shape
his
vision
sees
the
mountain
feature
with
true mind
114
with
plague
i
love
things
sweet
bad
fast
my
mind
knows
his
poisoned
love
115
lie
said
reason
burn
time
change
beauty
divert
tyranny
then
when
doubting
babe
give
116
marriage
impediments
which
remove
fixed
tempests
star
although
lips
come
brief
even
upon
man
117
i
should
love
all
minds
given
i
transport
my
proof
within
hate
says
virtue
118
our
eager
maladies
shun
being
bitter
a
diseased
policy
faults
medicine
which
the
poison
119
drunk
within
fears
my
heart
thought
how
this
ill
is
built
strong
rebuked
more
120
once
that
transgression
hammered
my
hell
i
suffered
woe
sorrow
you
wounded
becomes
me
121
to
be
lost
feeling
why
my
frailties
will
that
abuse
they
must
maintain
badness
122
my
memory
remains
beyond
the
faculty
to
record
that
love
i
trust
to
forgetfulness
123
time
builds
nothing
but
dates
what
desires
we
defy
past
records
made
this
true
124
my
fortune’s
subject
among
accident
suffer
the
fashion
that
works
alone
that
fools
time
125
the
outward
eternity
proves
i
lose
forgoing
pitiful
heart
poor
seconds
render
suborned
control
126
power
time’s
waning
self
nature
will
keep
wretched
pleasure
treasure
her
quietus
127
black
it
is
and in
each
false
name
lives
raven
eyes
at
creation
mourn
every tongue
128
music
sounds
with
wiry
envy
tender
lips
blushing
to
those
fingers
living
this
kiss
129
in
lust
is
(the) savage
enjoyed
no
swallowed
purpose
in
having
bliss
joy
knows
hell
130
eyes
red
breasts
black
damasked
cheeks
perfumes
breath
love
a
goddess
treads
by
false
131
as
proudly
my
precious
faith
has
to
swear
false
groans
on
my
neck
black
slander
132
pitying
heart
put
my
morning
cheeks
in
glory
mourning
well
for
pity
swear
foul
133
groan
deep
torture
my
eye
harder
and
torment
my
heart
guard
then
wilt
me
134
i
am
forfeit
my
will
is
learned
under
statute
that
came
through
lost
free
135
whoever
will
vex
sweet
will
vouchsafe
others
and
yet
in
being
mine
kill
me
136
come
to
know
sweet
treasure
and
things
one
untold
account
hold
nothing
but
will
137
fool
see
beauty
yet
corrupt
man’s
eyes
judgment
should
know
this
foul
heart
transferred
138
my
lies
think
the
young
are
false
both
she
and
love’s
age
lie
flattered
139
wrong
heart
wound
by
sight
glance
with
defence
excuse
her
face
injuries
do
kill
140
press
my
sorrow
pity
might
tell
men
news
for
madness
grown
ears
may
go
141
do
note
my
view
delighted
tender
desire
sensual
my
foolish
man
slave
plague
me
142
hate
grounded
with
merits
not
ornaments
false
revenues
be
importune
pity
may
seek
you
143
catch
feathered
babe
she
neglected
her
face
prizing
that
chase
turn
mother’s
will
crying
144
despair
like
a
spirit
evil
angel
my
pride
turned
suspect
each
hell
shall
fire
145
that
sound
languished
when
her
tongue
was
taught
hate
that
night
heaven
threw
you
146
the
rebel
within
so
large
fading
worms
eat
then
store
hours
fed
on
dying
147
fever
the
feeding
sickly
reason
that
i
desire
cure
mad
thoughts
random
and
black
148
head
correspondence
is
what
my
means
denotes
no
eye
watching
my
self
cunning
faults
149
cruel
self
i
am
that
whom
i
revenge
i
despise
my
eyes
hate
blind
150
this
insufficiency
the
brightness
becoming
refuse
such
that
how
i
abhor
others
if
beloved
151
young
conscience
my
faults
betraying
my
body
flesh
rising
triumphant
poor
affairs
i
fall
152
i
swearing
in
hate
do
break
oaths
all
i
love
enlighten
the
fair
lie
153
his
advantage
did
ground
this
heat
men
cure
love’s
touch
the
sad
bath
eyes
154
asleep
his
nymphs
came
took
true
desire
sleeping
she
took
a
diseased
cure
water water
Bitter as the cud 