Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A VIOL'S PLAINT, by ALBERT SAMAIN


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First Line: My heart that dreads what time may bring
Last Line: And on thy soft glove left a stain.
Subject(s): Language; Man-woman Relationships; Pain; Words; Vocabulary; Male-female Relations; Suffering; Misery


My heart that dreads what time may bring,
Lies in thy hands a bird-like thing
That flutters wild with fear of thee.

So shy is he, so loth to lie,
Let thy words too be low and shy,
If thou wilt hold him trustfully.

A single word will make him grieve,
A look alone will make him heave
With bitter anguish of despair.

For at the words thy sweet mouth saith
He feels the flight of thy soft breath
And trembles like a plume in air.

He follows, hovering near alway,
Thee wheresoever thou dost stray
With soft smooth throat and trailing gown,

So furtive in his flight and swift,
So fickle are the wings that lift,
Thou touchest him and he is flown.

And when this nearness thou shalt flout
Until he bleed and life ebb out,
Thou shalt know nothing of his pain;

So slight the touch, thou shalt not heed
How on a night his heart did bleed
And on thy soft glove left a stain.





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