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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HER MUSIC, by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON First Line: It trembled off the keys - a parting kiss Last Line: Of violets and love and death. | |||
IT trembled off the keys, -- a parting kiss So sweet, -- the angel slept upon his sword As through the gate of Paradise we swept, -- Partakers of creation's primal bliss! -- The air was heavy with the breath Of violets and love till death. -- Forgetful of eternal banishment -- Deep down the dusk of passion-haunted ways, Lost in the dreaming alchemies of tone, -- Drenched in the dew no other wings frequent, -- Our thirsting hearts drank in the breath Of violets and love in death. -- There was no world, no flesh, no boundary line, -- Spirit to spirit, -- chord and dissonance, Beyond the jealousy of space or time Her life in one low cry broke over mine! -- The waking angel drew a shuddering breath Of violets and love and death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest... |
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