Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TEARS OF FEAR, by PAULUS SILENTIARIUS 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." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A RITUAL AS OLD AS TIME ITSELF by PETER JOHNSON THE RING AND THE CASTLE by AMY LOWELL SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. MERRITT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. PURKAPILE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: TOM MERRITT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS IF THERE'S A GOD... by GREGORY ORR EPITAPH by PAULUS SILENTIARIUS |
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