I loved......poem by Alan seeger

I loved / Alan seeger


I loved illustrious cities and
 the crowds 

That eddy through their 
incandescent nights. 

I loved remote 
horizons with far clouds 

Girdled, and fringed about
 with snowy heights. 

I loved fair women, 
their sweet, conscious ways 

Of wearing among hands 
that covet and plead 

The rose ablossom
 at the rainbow's base 

That bounds the world's
 desire and all its need. 

Nature I worshipped, 
whose fecundity 

Embraces every vision
 the most fair, 
Of perfect benediction.

 From a boy 
I gloated on existence.

 Earth to me 
Seemed all-sufficient 
and my sojourn there

One trembling opportunity for joy.

~ I loved / Alan seeger