Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE TEARS OF FEAR, by PAULUS SILENTIARIUS


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THE TEARS OF FEAR, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Sweet is my lais' smile, and sweet the tide / of tears that flood her eyes
Last Line: "you will desert me: men are never true."
Alternate Author Name(s): Paul The Silent; Paul The Silentiary
Subject(s): Fear; Tears; Unfaithfulness; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy


Sweet is my Lais' smile, and sweet the tide
Of tears that floods her eyes alive with meaning:
Now yesterday without a cause she sighed,
Her head a long time on my shoulder leaning:
I kissed her as she wept, but tear on tear
Fell on our meeting lips like fountain dew:
I asked her why she cried. She said "For fear
You will desert me: men are never true."





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