Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE TREMOLO, by RAY CLARKE ROSE



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THE TREMOLO, by                    
First Line: I have seen her to-night in a vision
Last Line: I doubt, in distress.
Subject(s): Dreams; Fantasy; Love - Unrequited; Man-woman Relationships; Nightmares; Male-female Relations


I have seen her to-night in a vision,
Pour out from her beautiful hands
A torrent of music elysian
That my innermost self understands.
In a whirlpool of harmonic rapture
My senses were swept with delight,
And my heart, singing loud at its capture,
Became her glad captive to-night.

With the joy of a sanctified spirit
I cling to the glorious dream;
And the song—I forever shall hear it,
And thrill with the throb of its theme!
For the trend of its cadence uplifted
My mind from the sordid and vile,
Till my soul seemed unfettered, and drifted
At peace in the dawn of her smile.

Oh, those hands so insistent and slender!
Would they nestle in mine at repose?
Oh, her face, so bewitching, so tender,
And sweet as the first fragile rose!
Will it ever light up with high pleasure
To greet me, to welcome, caress?
Would she be my dear love and my treasure?
I doubt, in distress.





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