Uranian Eros

Edward Carpenter

URANIAN EROS

“Eros is a great leveler”

—Edward Carpenter

“The Place Of The Uranian In Society”

The Intermediate Sex

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Perhaps true Democracy rests—

more firmly than anywhere else

on a sentiment which is forbidden

Easily passing the bounds—

of class and caste, uniting in 

the closest affection 

The most estranged ranks—

of society, noticeable in how 

often Uranians of good position 

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And breeding are drawn to—

rougher types like manual workers

frequently now called rough trade

Permanent alliances grow this way—

which although not publicly acknowledged 

have a decided influence on social institutions

Such customs and political tendencies—

which would have a good deal more influence 

then usually is given by society

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But with a little more scope & recognition—

It’s not taking long for the usual bourgeois

Commercial world to finance post-DOMA

It is possible that something like—

the guilds & fraternities of the middle ages 

might thus have been constructed thusly

But on a more intimate & personal basis—

now than in those days, indeed with a gay

reconstruction actually now taking place