Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LAMENT, by MARIE L. SIEBOLD


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LAMENT, by                    
First Line: The thought of you like tom - toms
Last Line: Its relentless, maddening sway!
Subject(s): Desire


The thought of you like tom-toms
Beats in my brain night and day . . .
No escape from this distraction,
Its relentless, maddening sway!
What though I seek solitude, crowds,
Temporary submersion in gracious manner,
Imbibing human frescos to dim my senses . . .
Through the mazes thoughts of you clamor,
An army before the bastile of my heart.
Yet I must stay their insurrection
Lest they discover their cause in vain,
That which they seek not in my possession!
The thought of you like tom-toms
Beats in my brain night and day . . .
No escape from this distraction,
Its relentless, maddening sway!





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