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A OUTRANCE, by                    
First Line: Say, why should I sing of an angel of light
Last Line: Like an ardent red rose in a tropical breeze!
Subject(s): Longing; Love; Man-woman Relationships; Poetry & Poets; Praise; Male-female Relations


Say, why should I sing of an angel of light
When my heart is aflame with the fires of earth;
When the girl I adore is a sprite of the night—
Just a child of the flesh in a garment of mirth?
Away with conventional praises, and such!
To the thrill of her kiss will I fashion my song;
To the passionate glance of her eyes and the clutch
Of her beautiful arms, so insistent and strong!

To the maid of my dreams, when to dream is to live
With the red pulse resistlessly making the pace,
Will I drain this ripe cup of my wishes, and give
The whole of my soul for a single embrace?
Nay, lisp me no words of a love that is calm,
Of devotion that feeds upon cereal food;
'T is the hypocrite's song, and I long for the psalm
Of my dear when she calls in her amorous mood.

You will find her, I know, in the drawing-room's glare,
Where she poses, immaculate, sexless and wise,
Save for the red glow that burns low in her hair
And the imperious gleam of her glorious eyes.
But, at last, when the flight of the dance is at best,
Ah! Then will I hold her, and mold her, and tease;
And she 'll tremble and glow like the rose at her breast—
Like an ardent red rose in a tropical breeze!





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