Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DON JUAN ON HIS KNEES, by ANNETTE PATTON CORNELL


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DON JUAN ON HIS KNEES, by                    
First Line: God, I am weary of women and kisses!
Last Line: Send me a dream that remains but a dream!
Subject(s): Don Juan


God, I am weary of women and kisses!
So gay is the chase but how dull is the prize.
Eyes that allure me -- oh, let them betray me!
Lips that breathe promise -- oh, let them tell lies!

For I am cursed and cannot capture
pleasure in my own pretext;
and even while I kiss a shoulder
look beyond it to the next.

Waste not your pity, dear Lord, on the conquered;
but know my despair as I see the dream fade.
Since you deny me the deathless illusion,
grant me one woman I cannot persuade.

For I am cursed and cannot measure
any day by faith and peace;
and though I would be slave to loving,
passion buys unsought release.

Lips that meet mine are but ashes of beauty.
Fire is my symbol, destroying my scheme.
Where is the daughter of fire to resist me?
Send me a dream that remains but a dream!





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