Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE OPIUM-EATER (AFTER TAKING A DOSE), by MARY TUCKER LAMBERT


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THE OPIUM-EATER (AFTER TAKING A DOSE), by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ah! Now I sit in bowers of bliss
Last Line: I know I'll never weep again!
Alternate Author Name(s): Tucker, Mary Eliza Perine
Subject(s): Drugs & Drug Abuse; Narcotics; Opium; Cocaine; Crack; Heroin


Ah! now I sit in bowers of bliss,
Soothed by an angel's balmy kiss!
Delicious languor o'er me stealing
Is now my only sense of feeling.

The breath of flowers perfumes the air;
The forms around are -- oh, so fair!
The once cold air seems warm and bright,
And I, too, seem a being of light.

My hair is not so very grey --
Some dye will take that hue away;
A little powder shall, I vow,
Hide the small wrinkles on my brow.

My teeth are sound -- I feel no pain --
Their slight ache was but sign of rain;
And then the twinging of my feet
Was nothing but a dream, a cheat.

To me, the night, though dark, seems day,
Colored by Hope's most beauteous ray:
No sorrow hence shall give me pain --
I know I'll never weep again!





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