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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FOUNTAIN, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poet's Biography
First Line: That was the lorelei, tall within the jet
Last Line: Caught in the fountain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Cologne, Germany; Fountains; Lorelei
First Line: That was the lorelei, tall within the jet
Last Line: Caught in the fountain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Cologne, Germany; Fountains; Lorelei
(COLOGNE, 1923)
THAT was the Lorelei, tall within the jet
Of springing water.
Lovely from silver head to her slim feet
She, a King's daughter,
Caught in a pale enchantment: there came gleams
Of throat and bosom,
Rose-pale, and bathed in the pellucid streams,
Fine as fruit-blossom,
Betwixt the poplars and the tulip-trees,
Crystal and slender.
Where are her maids? Not any one of these
Naiads attend her.
That was the Lorelei: for a little while
Lost to her mountain,
One moment shone her pale, her exquisite smile,
Caught in the fountain.
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