Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOVE'S MASQUERADES: LOVE, THE TRAITOR, by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS


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LOVE'S MASQUERADES: LOVE, THE TRAITOR, by                    
First Line: And there was one came reeling from carouse
Last Line: Leaving his life-blood blackening from his breast.
Alternate Author Name(s): Marzials, Theo; Marzials, Theophile Jules Henri
Subject(s): Betrayal; Love


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And there was one came reeling from carouse,
Hose at his heel, sword trailing through the mire,
Brawling a drunken song, and on fire
At ducats filch'd in some low gambling-house;
And hearing Love from habit drone for hire,
Listless with rose-wreath toppling from her brows,
Clear from the moonlight, nodding in a drowse
In the deep shade of the Cathedral spire,

He ran and woke her with a scurvy jest,
And closed her to him; and Love laughed out clear
Her cruel harlot's laugh; and, hugging, press'd
Her dagger in -- and cried: "Thou fool, rot here,
Who takest love for lust," and soar'd up sheer,
Leaving his life-blood blackening from his breast.





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