Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IO, by THOMAS STURGE MOORE


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First Line: Beautiful nymph all white with fear
Last Line: "are kissed and red!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, T. Sturge
Subject(s): Mythology - Classical


"BEAUTIFUL nymph all white with fear,
Stay with me, share with me, dream with me here,
A night, a month, a year!"
"Shepherd, shepherd, I am loved; I am cursed!
And the woes to be suffered may yet be the worst."

"Corals have I who dwell in a cave;
White trembler, though brown as a rock, I am brave;
Break over my breast, sad wave!"
"Fisher, fisher, I am chased; I am blessed!
But the joys as yet tasted are far from the best."

"Her youth peeped through her tattered cloak!
She was white; we are black, we Ethiop folk;
She shuddered when we spoke!"
"Great Zeus, great Zeus! I am thine, I am pure!
Thy touch but not theirs will my soul endure!"

"White Cloud, no more driven! O Feminine Youth,
Rest! oaks at Dodona have told thee the truth,
Behold I fondle and soothe!"
"Grandly, grandly I am loved, I am kissed!
Above me the eyes of the stars all mist!
A warm wind sighs;
Egypt, our noble bed,
Hushed nuptial and secret lies;
I am sure, I can feel that my cheeks are red..
Are kissed and red!"





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