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First Line: A sweetness, then a softness
Last Line: Chrysanthemum, on mine.
Subject(s): Chrysanthemums; Flowers


A sweetness, then a softness,
Then a slow caress that comes
Over the damp
Of my brow:
Your hand that rests on my sadness.

A flowered music,
Then an insatiate longing,
A music of grief unconsoled
On the strings of my saddened heart:
Your birdling voice that rests.

A diamond gleam
In the depth of a cold, clear water,
An amethyst
Brightened and caught in my mournful gaze:
Your eyes on mine. ...

But your lips of blood and the dawning
On the dawn and the blood of my lips:—
Ah! your soul entire,
Chrysanthemum, on mine.





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