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Secular or Eclectic

20th Century

About H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)

Timeline (1886 - 1961)

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Original Language
English

The Mysteries Remain

Themes

Bread

Death

Food

Sun

Water

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The mysteries remain,
I keep the same
cycle of seed-time
and of sun and rain;
Demeter in the grass,
I multiply,
renew and bless
Iacchus in the vine;
I hold the law,
I keep the mysteries true,
the first of these
to name the living, dead;
I am red wine and bread.

          I keep the law,
          I hold the mysteries true,
          I am the vine,
          the branches, you
          and you.

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About H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)

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