Published On Sunday, July 04, 2010. Under:
1900s,
Williams, William Carlos.
Portent
by William Carlos Williams
Red cradle of the night,
In you
The dusky child
Sleeps fast till his might
Shall be piled
Sinew on sinew.
Red cradle of the night,
The dusky child
Sleeping sits upright.
Lo how
The winds blow now!
He pillows back;
The winds are again mild.
When he stretches his arms out,
Red cradle of the ...