Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHAINS, by RENE FRANCOIS ARMAND PRUDHOMME


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First Line: A rhythm can link me with melodious air
Last Line: They rend in me some fleshly fastening.
Alternate Author Name(s): Sully-prudhomme
Subject(s): Love


A RHYTHM can link me with melodious air,
And velvet's softness with this rose I feel;
A smile can take my eyes as in a snare,
A kiss can hold my lips as with a seal.

In such frail bonds my life is held by love
Of thousand other souls whereto I cling;
How soft soever be the gusts that move
They rend in me some fleshly fastening.





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