HE said as he sat in her theatre box Between the acts, "What beastly weather! How like a parrot the lover talks— And the lady is tame, and the villain stalks— I hope they finally die together." He thought—"@3You are fair as the dawn's first ray; I know the angels keep guard above you. And so I chatter of weather, and play, While all the time I am mad to say, I love you, love you, love you.@1" He said—"The season is almost run; How glad we are, when the whirl is over! For the toil of pleasure is more than its fun, And what is it all, when all is done, But the stick of a rocket that has descended?" He thought—"@3Oh God! to be off somewhere Afar with you, from this scene of fashion; To know you were mine, and to have you care, And to lose myself in the crimson snare Of your lips, in a kiss of passion.@1" He said—"You are going abroad, no doubt, This land of Liberty coldly scorning. I too shall journey a bit about, From Wall Street up by the L. Road out To Harlem, and down each morning." He thought—"@3It must follow on land or sea, This pent-up, passionate, dumb devotion, Till the cry of a rapture that may not be Shall reach your heart from the heart of me And stir you with strange emotion.@1" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A VALEDICTION: OF MY NAME IN THE WINDOW by JOHN DONNE SANTORIN (A LEGEND OF THE AEGEAN) by JAMES ELROY FLECKER THE SONG OF THE MOUTH-ORGAN by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE ANTIQUE JEWELER by FREDERICK HENRY HERBERT ADLER MY SHIP by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN FOUR SONNETS: 3 by FRANK DAVIS ASHBURN TO SIR JOHN SPENSER KNIGHTE, ALDERMAN OF LONDON by RICHARD BARNFIELD |