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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ENNUI, by LILITH LORRAINE
First Line: I am so weary of expected places
Last Line: Of sunken temple bells beneath the sea.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, Mary M.
Subject(s): Boredom; Ennui
First Line: I am so weary of expected places
Last Line: Of sunken temple bells beneath the sea.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, Mary M.
Subject(s): Boredom; Ennui
I am so weary of expected places,
Oh, let me find some lost enchanted lane,
Where pre-humanic feet have left their traces
And horror stabs with needle points of pain.
Oh, lead me where some black cathedral raises
Sharp spires like swords against the bleeding sky,
And if my life goes out where lightning blazes,
At least the gods have kissed me ere I die.
Or fling me on the dim and perilous beaches,
Whose rocks are red with blood of ancient wars,
Where black rebellious winds with thundering reaches,
Tear at the throats of the complacent stars;
While the wild deep intones the litany
Of sunken temple bells beneath the sea.
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