THE NEW BABE

The poem The New Babe from James Oppenheim's The Sea

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                <l>THE babe is the beautifully cunning dust that desires and
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                <l>And through the soft pink of his body sing limpid sweet tides
                    <space/><lb/>of life,</l>
                <l>And at the light he is staring with wide blue eyes, un-
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                <l>Oh, unawakened wonder! unopened blossom!</l>
                <l>There I leaned, even so in my marvelous flesh,</l>
                <l>But I and this body of mine were also as a pellet of dust</l>
                <l>Dropped into gulfs of bathing light;</l>
                <l>I, flower, drenched in the sunlight of the spirit,</l>
                <l>In the spacious morning of the soul...</l>
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                <l>Divine is the unfolding and wonderful the opening petals</l>
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The Sea 2019 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
319 Love Library University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-4100 bcarnell6@hotmail.com
2012

Copyright © 2019 by Bret Carnell

The Sea; 1924 The Sea James Oppenheim March 1924 Alfred A. Knoff, INC. New York

Bret Carnell Transcribed and encoded poems view page image(s) THE NEW BABE THE babe is the beautifully cunning dust that desires and breathes, And through the soft pink of his body sing limpid sweet tides of life, And at the light he is staring with wide blue eyes, un- questioning. Oh, unawakened wonder! unopened blossom! There I leaned, even so in my marvelous flesh, But I and this body of mine were also as a pellet of dust Dropped into gulfs of bathing light; I, flower, drenched in the sunlight of the spirit, 5 In the spacious morning of the soul... Divine is the unfolding and wonderful the opening petals Of the babe in the storm and sun of the nourishing years. 211

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The Sea 2019 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
319 Love Library University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-4100 bcarnell6@hotmail.com
2012

Copyright © 2019 by Bret Carnell

The Sea; 1924 The Sea James Oppenheim March 1924 Alfred A. Knoff, INC. New York

Bret Carnell Transcribed and encoded poems THE NEW BABE THE babe is the beautifully cunning dust that desires and breathes, And through the soft pink of his body sing limpid sweet tides of life, And at the light he is staring with wide blue eyes, un- questioning. Oh, unawakened wonder! unopened blossom! There I leaned, even so in my marvelous flesh, But I and this body of mine were also as a pellet of dust Dropped into gulfs of bathing light; I, flower, drenched in the sunlight of the spirit, In the spacious morning of the soul... Divine is the unfolding and wonderful the opening petals Of the babe in the storm and sun of the nourishing years. 211