Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, by MATHILDE BLIND


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First Line: There was intoxication in the air
Last Line: The world shook mystical in lambent bliss.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude
Subject(s): Sun; Kisses


THERE was intoxication in the air;
The wind, keen blowing from across the seas,
O'er leagues of new-ploughed land and heathery leas,
Smelt of wild gorse whose gold flamed everywhere.
An undertone of song pulsed far and near,
The soaring larks filled heaven with ecstasies,
And, like a living clock among the trees,
The shouting cuckoo struck the time of year.

For now the Sun had found the earth once more,
And woke the Sleeping Beauty with a kiss;
Who thrilled with light of love in every pore,
Opened her flower-blue eyes, and looked in his.
Then all things felt life fluttering at their core --
The world shook mystical in lambent bliss.







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