Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, VANISHED!, by MARCUS S. C. RICKARDS


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First Line: I saw her first as when one sees
Last Line: The due of lordly death.
Subject(s): Death; Seasons; Soul; Time; Dead, The


I SAW her first as when one sees
Some winged guest that the night breeze
Has sped from a far clime:
So suddenly she met my eyes;
Her dreamy look, her lovely guise,
Like one whose commune with the skies
Out-distanced Space and Time.

Her voice was as the warbling heard
At sunrise, from a tuneful bird,
That rapt hearts linger nigh:
Her accents charmed me, and I stayed
Spellbound at every tone that strayed
From lips predestined to persuade
By whisper, song, or sigh.

Her ways were as the minstrel's pose
That flits o'er woodbine and wild rose,
And hovers round to bless;
To steep the joyless heart in mirth;
To lift the sordid soul from earth
And bid it covet loftier worth,
Ethereal loveliness.

My wintry heart at once knew Spring;
And Summer perfume seemed to cling
Around her smile and breath:
But while her grace my vision flamed,
She vanished; for one surely aimed --
A fowler lurking near -- and claimed
The due of lordly Death.





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