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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DELUSIVE DESIRE, by OPAL COTTON First Line: The night-damp air strikes deep to weary bone Last Line: Who set their feet to climb a mountain wall. | |||
The night-damp air strikes deep to weary bone While moonlight coldly shapes the mountainside, And through clenched teeth cramped muscles force a groan. I would go back to warmer ways and tried: Descend to shrilling talk and smoke-filled rooms; Would warm these veins with bubbling purple wine, And calm this brain with its be-musing fumes, Relax and rest, content such ways were mine. I will return again to tinsel nights And spun-glass laughter of a careless eve -- Ten-cent-store baubles flashing colored lights, Bewitching stranger-eyes with make-believe! This vertigo is one which preys on all Who set their feet to climb a mountain wall. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOTTO TO THE SONGS OF INNOCENCE & OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE ANOTHER SPRING by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI IN SICKNESS (1714) by JONATHAN SWIFT ON THE ART OF WRITING by PHILIP AYRES GREENES FUNERALLS: SONNET 9 by RICHARD BARNFIELD EUTERPE by LUCIUS MORRIS BEEBE IF THE WORLD WERE RIGHT by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON LOVE SONGS: 9. A SIGH FROM OXFORD by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |
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