Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, L'AMOUR, L'AMOUR, by GUY WETMORE CARRYL


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L'AMOUR, L'AMOUR, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We catch the fleeting perfume of roses
Last Line: To hear the story that bares your heart.
Subject(s): Love


WE catch the fleeting perfume of roses
As the evening closes the golden day,
And the rhythmic beating of waves in motion
Comes from the ocean a mile away;
In the west is dying the sunset's splendor,
And twilight tender enfolds the land;
Where the tide is flying a-down the river,
And the grasses quiver, we silent stand.

In your radiant eyes the sun unknowing
Has left his glowing to deeper glow,
And your tender sighs sound far more sweetly
Than the winds that fleetly and blithely blow
And first all shyly your small hand lingers
With trembling fingers within my own,
The blushes slyly and swiftly starting,
And then departing like rose-leaves blown.

Alas, the envious time is fleeting,
But your heart is beating in time with mine,
And Cupid's rhyme rings louder -- clearer,
As I draw you nearer, my love divine!
In the twilight dim we have found love's tether,
And are linked together, no more to part;
While the white stars swing in a maze of glory,
To hear the story that bares your heart.





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