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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEAD FOUNTAINS, by ROYALL HENDERSON SNOW
First Line: Moonstains on a leaf-strewn cloister walk
Last Line: That cast upward hollow echoes of the stars.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
First Line: Moonstains on a leaf-strewn cloister walk
Last Line: That cast upward hollow echoes of the stars.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
Moonstains on a leaf-strewn cloister walk,
And through the colonades, dead fountains, rain-filled,
Cast upward hollow echoes of the stars.
Moonlight tinselling a girl's black hair,
As a light step crinkles through the leaves:
"Paolo? Paolo?"
The dry rustlings of the leaves
Blur out the whisperings of two,
Wrap silk about the sound of kisses.
Moonlight streaming in silver
Along rapier blades. ...
Heavy feet scatter leaves
Into frightened leaps.
Twice a curse!
Then the moan of a man
Lying, pale head in the light,
Body in shadow.
"Paolo, Paolo! Help!"
The cry of a girl totters against the colonades
And falls across dead fountains
That cast upward hollow echoes of the stars.
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