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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A HIDDEN RHYTHM, by EDA LOU WALTON
First Line: There is a hidden rhythm
Last Line: "on a whispered, ""stay!"
First Line: There is a hidden rhythm
Last Line: "on a whispered, ""stay!"
There is a hidden rhythm
In an hour like this,
When eyes meet eyes
Across a deep abyss,
When lips tear words
Like petals from a flower
To let them fall
In quick staccato shower.
Our shadows blend and part,
The wall is bright again;
The tapping of your fingers
Is the dripping of the rain;
The fire leaps high
And sinks into itself;
Flame lights the face
Of the clock on the shelf.
And the hour is done,
You must go away --
I cannot break the rhythm
On a whispered, "Stay!"
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