Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE'S MASQUERADES: LOVE, THE REBUKER, by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS First Line: Out o'er the windings of a dark side-street Last Line: They heard a stealthy step creep nigher, nigher. Alternate Author Name(s): Marzials, Theo; Marzials, Theophile Jules Henri Subject(s): Love; Sin | ||||||||
I Out o'er the windings of a dark side-street, High in a closely curtain'd balcony, A lady's lover coil'd about her feet, Drawing her mouth to his; and swooning by She forced, to still her quick heart's throb and beat, His face against her burning throat; and high The gold stars glimmer'd in the midnight heat Thro' close set citron jars and rosemary. Then sudden, from the angle of the square Clear to the moonlight, through the death-still air Love like a wanton cried aloud for hire; And struck with bitter loathing of their sin The lovers wrench'd apart! -- I' the room within, They heard a stealthy step creep nigher, nigher. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEVEN STREAMS OF NEVIS by GALWAY KINNELL CHANEL NO. 5 by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BROTHERS: 4. IN MY OWN DEFENSE by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE RING AND THE CASTLE by AMY LOWELL APPELLATE JURISDICTION by MARIANNE MOORE A COURT-MINSTREL by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS |
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