Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, L'ENVOY, by ? RANDOLPH


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L'ENVOY, by                    
First Line: Draw down thy curtains close, o heart!
Last Line: My life will float, so dreary.
Subject(s): Love; Love - Complaints


DRAW down thy curtains close, O heart!
Shut out the rays that, beaming bright,
Reveal my darkening sorrow;
Our paths diverge, our paths now part,
And mine drifts out into the night --
A night without a morrow.

I, dreaming, waited long and loved,
Nor spoke one word of germed fire;
Deep hidden, slept my passion;
While, side by side, we onward moved,
Calm friendship yours, mine, fond desire --
Love met with cold compassion.

Now, merry, merry clash the bells;
Bring sheeny robes and ivy leaf;
Bring crown of orange-flowers:
He in thy smile forever dwells,
While I drift on through clouds of grief,
Gold fringed with happy bygone hours.

Love, Love, farewell; and ne'er again,
In all the drear and empty realm
That bounds my heart so weary,
Shall Love rebuild to him a fane;
And loveless, drifting without helm,
My life will float, so dreary.





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