Vita Sackville-West Quote

The young men strained upon the crank
To wring the last reluctant inch.
They laughed together, fair and frank,
And threw their loins across the winch.


"Making Cider" - The Land (1926)


The young men strained upon the crank To wring the last reluctant inch. They laughed together, fair and frank, And threw their loins across the winch.

The young men strained upon the crank To wring the last reluctant inch. They laughed together, fair and frank, And threw their loins across the winch.

The young men strained upon the crank To wring the last reluctant inch. They laughed together, fair and frank, And threw their loins across the winch.

The young men strained upon the crank To wring the last reluctant inch. They laughed together, fair and frank, And threw their loins across the winch.