Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TEMPTATION, by GLADYS CROMWELL


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TEMPTATION, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: You feel the witchery of life, the call
Last Line: And steeped in dreams I lose authentic bliss.
Subject(s): Temptation


YOU feel the witchery of Life, the call
Of a disturbing beauty; you respond
And view forbidden mysteries beyond
The soul whose orbit seems to you so small.
But I am not thus tempted: not by all
Life's dear implied seductions. No, a bond
Of thought subdues me; rather am I fond
Of quietness, of safeties which enthrall;
Of self-enshrining loneliness. I fail
To make the gesture Life awaits; withhold
A motion of the hand, a word, a kiss,
A glance of plain avowal. Standing cold,
Aloof, the tempered silences prevail,
And steeped in dreams I lose authentic bliss.





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