Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NEW TALE, by ALICE MONKS MEARS


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NEW TALE, by                    
First Line: The bells rang for a king inevitably winning
Last Line: Under black roofs lonely spinners. No gold. No bride.
Subject(s): Bells; Grief; Love; Marriage; Old Age; Sorrow; Sadness; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


The bells rang for a king inevitably winning
the girl whose enchanted hand spun straw to gold ...
virgins with the marvellous hearts spinning
bright thread from the piled moments, resist the cold
glittering miracle, unlearn that art; old tales are old.
The years yield darkness, of stuffs and textures untried,
alien to light fingers. The years are sorrow.
There must be starless cloth for garments tomorrow;
under black roofs lonely spinners. No gold. No bride.





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