Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE TWO SISTERS, by JOSEPH MARIE SOULARY


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THE TWO SISTERS, by                    
First Line: I know two sisters-joyous pair
Last Line: Fair maid, my eyes should gaze in thine.


I KNOW two sisters--joyous pair,
Two maids, with whom none others vie
Of all whom Love, that critic rare,
Does (finger on his lips) espy.

The one is fair and makes you dream,
So blue her eyes, her skin so white,
More pure than orange blossoms seem,
More sweet than snowdrop soft and light.

The other dark, and you divine
A giddying spell the brain doth reach,
More heady than the purple wine,
More luscious than the dainty peach.

To one if limned her counterfeit,
The name of sadness you'd allot:
Pensive, and grazing with her feet,
Ophelia's sweet forget-me-not.

The other, carved in Parian stone,
Thy haughty symbol would appear:
O freedom! mother of renown,
Thou goddess of the flowery spear.

If I the first for sister had,
And if the second for my wife,
My heart would bloom as lilies glad,
My soul with the oak's strength be rife.

The fair would picture to my mind
The good for which the soul doth sigh;
In my dark beauty I should find
My dream's complete reality.

Thus should I live on happiness,
And earth's and heaven's joys combine;
My hand, dark beauty, thine should press;
Fair maid, my eyes should gaze in thine.





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