Sitalkas
Thou art come at length More beautiful Than any cool god In a chamber under Lycia's far coast, Than any high god Who touches us not Here in the seeded grass. Aye, than Argestes Scattering the broken leaves.
Credit
This poem is in the public domain.
About this Poem
“Sitalkas” was published in Des Imagistes: An Anthology, edited by Ezra Pound (A. & C. Boni, 1914).
Author
H.D.
Born in 1886, Hilda Doolittle was one of the leaders of the Imagist movement. She published numerous poetry collections, including Sea Garden (Constable and Company, 1916) and Helen in Egypt (Grove Press, 1961). She died in 1961.
Date Published
01/01/1913