Cy Est Pourtraicte, Madame Ste Ursule, et Les Unze Mille Vierges

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Wallace Stevens

1923

Cy Est Pourtraicte, Madame Ste Ursule, et Les Unze Mille Vierges by Wallace Stevens

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Concerning the legend of Saint Ursula, who with her eleven (or 11,000) virgins accompanying her that after visiting the pope found themselves in Cologne, doomed to be slaughtered as the city happened to be invaded after our hero arrived. This much is expected of the reader to know beforehand, with t...

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Ursula, in a garden, found
A bed of radishes.
She kneeled upon the ground
And gathered them,
With flowers around,
Blue, gold, pink, and green.

She dressed in red and gold brocade
And in the grass an offering made
Of radishes and flowers.

She said, "My dear,
Upon your altars,
I have placed
The marguerite and coquelicot,
And roses
Frail as April snow;
But here," she said,
"Where none can see,
I make an offering, in the grass,
Of radishes and flowers."
And then she wept
For fear the Lord would not accept.
The good Lord in His garden sought
New leaf and shadowy tinct,
And they were all His thought.
He heard her low accord,
Half prayer and half ditty,
And He felt a subtle quiver,
That was not heavenly love,
Or pity.

This is not writ
In any book.

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