Louise Bogan (1897-1970)
Portrait
1 She has no need to fear the fall
2 Of harvest from the laddered reach
3 Of orchards, nor the tide gone ebbing
4 From the steep beach.
5 Nor hold to pain's effrontery
6 Her body's bulwark, stern and savage,
7 Nor be a glass, where to forsee
8 Another's ravage.
9 What she has gathered, and what lost,
10 She will not find to lose again.
11 She is possessed by time, who once
12 Was loved by men.
