Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TRYSTING, by EDNA DENHAM RAYMOND


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TRYSTING, by                    
First Line: Oh, mystery lake, and mystery night, and tender silver stars
Last Line: As I remember our trysting night when beauty and wonder stood still.
Subject(s): Flowers; Kisses; Love; Togetherness


Oh, mystery lake, and mystery night, and tender silver stars,
The waves rolled in, the moon rose high, and beauty content was ours;
The evening air was still, and sweet with fragrance that flowers make,
While sacredness from earth's first dawn was blown across the lake.
My heart poured incense to your mood so wholly, completely mine,
As rapture sought the exquisite dream where hope and love entwine.
Your breath was hot as the summer breeze that awakens scarlet flowers,
While you held me in your throbbing arms for hours, and for hours.
Oh, we were one, enfolded in the night and air and space,
And heartaches were far, far off things we could not heed or trace.
No fear can dim the treading years, nor grey time in its flight
For over and over, I shall recall the wonder of that night;
The waning moon, the coming dawn, the breeze from out the south,
Your half closed eyes, your sleepless soul, your kiss upon my mouth.
In a thousand ways, through thousands of days my heart will sing and thrill
As I remember our trysting night when beauty and wonder stood still.





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