Harmonium (Stevens)/In the Carolinas

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In the Carolinas

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First published in the January 1917 issue of The Soil: A Magazine of Art, p. 78, as part of a group of poems collectively captioned Primordia.

131072Harmonium — In the CarolinasWallace Stevens

In the Carolinas

The lilacs wither in the Carolinas. Already the butterflies flutter above the cabins. Already the new-born children interpret love In the voices of mothers.

Timeless mother, How is it that your aspic nipples For once vent honey?

The pine-tree sweetens my body.The white iris beautifies me.