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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE AVENUE, by GEORGES BOUTELLEAU First Line: Calm summer eves that once did hide Last Line: The kisses of their old desire. Alternate Author Name(s): Cognac Merchant; Novelist Subject(s): Desire; Man-woman Relationships; Maple Trees; Male-female Relations | |||
CALM summer eves that once did hide The loving bliss of man and maid, Have kept their sweetness sanctified Beneath the mingled maple shade. And under the dim leafy arc That heard their vows so fond and fain, It seems as though we still may hark Dead lovers ope their lips again. The mysteries they babble low Stir strange discomfort in the breast Of those that solitary go With ancient dreams all laid to rest. And slowly they seek open air Where beams still set the boughs afire, Like agéd crones that quake to hear The kisses of their old desire. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MISERY AND SPLENDOR by ROBERT HASS THE APPLE TREES AT OLEMA by ROBERT HASS DOUBLE SONNET by ANTHONY HECHT CONDITIONS XXI by ESSEX HEMPHILL CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE SUPERBIA: A TRIUMPH WITH NO TRAIN by MARY KINZIE COUNSEL TO UNREASON by LEONIE ADAMS TWENTY QUESTIONS by DAVID LEHMAN THE WILD DOVES by GEORGES BOUTELLEAU |
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