He came in silvern armour, trimmed with black -- A lover come from legends long ago -- With silver spurs and silken plumes a-blow, And flashing sword caught fast and buckled back In a carven sheath of Tamarack. He came with footsteps beautifully slow, And spoke in voice meticulously low. He came and Romance followed in his track . . . I did not ask his name -- I thought him Love; I did not care to see his hidden face. All life seemed born in my intaken breath; All thought seemed flown like some forgotten dove. He bent to kiss and raised his visor's lace . . . All eager-lipped I kissed the mouth of Death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OUR LORD AND OUR LADY by HILAIRE BELLOC PRIMROSE by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS AD LESBIAM by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS THE QUILTING by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR TO CHLOE by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS HINDOO FUNERAL SONG by EDWIN ARNOLD TO JOHN DRYDEN, ESQ.; POET LAUREATE AND HISTOGRAPHER ROYAL by PHILIP AYRES |