I was the first to see him, for I grew out on the pasture s… - Denise Levertov

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I was the first to see him, for I grew out on the pasture slope, beyond the forest. He was a man, it seemed. . .

Denise Levertov

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About Denise Levertov

Denise Levertov (24 October 1923 – 20 December 1997) was a British-American poet.

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Birth Name: Priscilla Denise Levertoff

Alternative Names: Priscilla D Levertoff • Priscilla Denise Levertov

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What I invaded has invaded me.

Leaps of nerve, heart — cries of communion: if there is bliss, it has been already and will be; out- reaching, utterly. Blind to itself, flooded with otherness.

When he opens his eyes he gives to what he gazes at the recognition no look ever before granted it. It becomes a word.

I was the first to see him, for I grew out on the pasture slope, beyond the forest. He was a man, it seemed. . . - Denise Levertov

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