Adam had learned the jolly deed of kind: He took her in his arms and there and then Like the clean beasts, embracing from behind, Began in joy to found the breed of men.
ATTRIBUTION:
Alec Derwent Hope (b. 1907), Australian poet. Imperial Adam (l. 25–28). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 1983) W. W. Norton & Company.
