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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DECOR DE THEATRE: 3. AT THE FORESTERS, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The shadows of the gaslit wings Last Line: The softer welcome of your eyes. Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers | |||
The shadows of the gaslit wings Come softly crawling down our way Before the curtain some one sings, The music sounds from far away; I stand beside you in the wings. Prying and indiscreet, the lights Illumine, if you chance to move, The prince's dress, the yellow tights, That fit your figure like a glove: You shrink a little from the lights. Divinely rosy rouged, your face Smiles, with its painted little mouth, Half tearfully, a quaint grimace; The charm and pathos of your youth Mock the mock roses of your face. And there is something in your look (Ambiguous, independent Flo!) As teasing as a half-shut book; It lures me till I long to know The many meanings of your look: The tired defiance of the eyes, Pathetically whimsical, Childish and whimsical and wise; And now, relenting after all, The softer welcome of your eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FAMED DANCER DIES OF PHOSPHORUS POISONING by RICHARD HOWARD ROSE AND MURRAY by CONRAD AIKEN A DANCER'S LIFE by DONALD JUSTICE DANCING WITH THE DOG by SUSAN KENNEDY SONG FROM A COUNTRY FAIR by LEONIE ADAMS THE CHILDREN DANCING by LAURENCE BINYON NERVES by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS |
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