Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RITOURNELLE, by NEIL TRACY


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RITOURNELLE, by                    
First Line: Between the moon and yesterday
Last Line: With flutes and somber wine, they met.
Subject(s): Love; Moon


Between the moon and yesterday,
Two lovers met, and said their say;
With flutes and wine, two lovers met:

Two lovers met, and spoke their play;
Their mouths were bitter with regret;
They cursed and wished they had not met:

Between the moon and yesterday,
I saw the fair bondwoman lay
The torch upon the parapet:

I heard the distant horns and gay,
I saw her eyes with pity wet;
I saw two eagles in the net:

I heard a striving spirit pray,
Where one frail candle lit the way;
They kissed the crucifix of jet;

Between the moon and yesterday,
Thus is the goblet decked with bay,
So is the feast with agate set;
With flutes and somber wine, they met.





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