I DID the dragon's will until you came Because I had fancied love a casual Improvisation, or a settled game That followed if I let the kerchief fall: Those deeds were best that gave the minute wings And heavenly music if they gave it wit; And then you stood among the dragon-rings. I mocked, being crazy, but you mastered it And broke the chain and set my ankles free, Saint George or else a pagan Perseus; And now we stare astonished at the sea, And a miraculous strange bird shrieks at us. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LENNIE SWENSON by KAREN SWENSON HOUSES OF DREAMS by SARA TEASDALE THE TWO MYSTERIES by MARY ELIZABETH MAPES DODGE TO ONE IN PARADISE by EDGAR ALLAN POE REFUGE by WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN JR. |