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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AMOR TRIUMPHANS: 8. THE DANCE, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For the immortal moment of a passionate dance Last Line: Rapture of intolerable immortality. Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Love | |||
For the immortal moment of a passionate dance, Surely our two souls rushed together and were one, Once, in the beat of our winged feet in unison, When, in the brief and flaming ardour of your glance, The world withered away, vanishing into smoke; The world narrowed about us, and we heard the beat As of the rushing winds encompassing our feet; In the blind heart of the winds, eternal silence woke, And, cast adrift on our unchainable ecstasy, Once, and once only, heart to heart and soul to soul, For an immortal moment we endured the whole Rapture of intolerable immortality. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD NERVES by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS |
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