Orientale

September 1922 E. E. Cummings
Orientale
September 1922 E. E. Cummings

Orientale

E. E. Cummings

i spoke to thee

with a smile and thou didst not answer

my mouth is as a chord of crimson music

Come hither

O thou, is life not a smile?

i spoke to thee with a song and thou didst not listen thine eyes are as a vase of divine silence

Come hither

O thou, is life not a song? i spoke v

to thee with a soul and thou didst not wonder thy face is as a dream locked m white fragrance

Come hither

O thou, is life not love?

i speak to thee with sword and thou art silent thy breast is as a tomb softer than flowers

Come hither

O thou, is love not death?