IT trembled off the keys, -- a parting kiss So sweet, -- the angel slept upon his sword As through the gate of Paradise we swept, -- Partakers of creation's primal bliss! -- The air was heavy with the breath Of violets and love till death. -- Forgetful of eternal banishment -- Deep down the dusk of passion-haunted ways, Lost in the dreaming alchemies of tone, -- Drenched in the dew no other wings frequent, -- Our thirsting hearts drank in the breath Of violets and love in death. -- There was no world, no flesh, no boundary line, -- Spirit to spirit, -- chord and dissonance, Beyond the jealousy of space or time Her life in one low cry broke over mine! -- The waking angel drew a shuddering breath Of violets and love and death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LACHRYMATORY by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER THE KING OF NORMANDY by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER IN MEMORY OF MY DEAR GRANDCHILD ELIZABETH .. WHO DECEASED 1665 by ANNE BRADSTREET IN THE ROMAN FORUM by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. A CHILD AT A WINDOW by EDWARD CARPENTER |