0791.27OrpheusEurydice_Dowden

"Eurydice" by Edward Dowden, among The Heroines

"...So speed we to the day; and now we touch
Warm grass, and drink the Sun. O Earth, O Sun,
Not you I need, but Orpheus' breast, and weep
The gladdest tears that ever woman shed,
And may be weak awhile, and need to know
The sustenance and comfort of his arms...." (67-72)