Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EXPERIENCE, by GREGOIRE LE ROY


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First Line: I walked behind two lovers, their kisses hearing
Last Line: And I knew the word that chimera would tell them soon.
Subject(s): Love; Past


I WALKED behind two lovers, their kisses hearing,
And watched the loth withdrawal of forms shown black
On the soft-hued sky that the tender Autumn was wearing
Like the pale, pearl-gray that covers a sea-mew's back.

And while they wended, full near to the sea's wild riot
Hurling her waves where the stones of the cliff ran out,
My heart ungrudging, unbitter, knew no disquiet
Of sorrow, or strife, or a futile passion of doubt.

They wended along in their beautiful dream united,
Blent into one and tasting their life's brief boon;
They moved in the Present and I in the Past benighted,
And I knew the word that Chimera would tell them soon.





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