Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TOWARD YOU, by CHARLES VAN LERBERGHE


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TOWARD YOU, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Of my mysterious voyage
Last Line: My soft hand, and my virgin kiss.
Subject(s): Love


Of my mysterious voyage
I have kept one picture and one song,
Here they are;
I have brought no roses along
For I have touched nothing, near or far;
Things love to live, too.

But I looked with eager eyes for you
In air and water, in wind and fire,
In all the splendors the world can bring—
The better toward you to aspire
In the shades of evening.

The better to hear you, all around
I have harked to every sound,
Bent my ear to all the chants,
All the murmurs, all the dance
Of daylight in tranquillity.

The better to touch your trembling breast,
To feel on your mouth how my lips would rest,
As in a dream of that near bliss
I tendered light, and the gleaming sea,
My soft hand, and my virgin kiss.





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