Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SHE LAY AS DREAMING, by OWEN REDINGTON WASHBURN


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SHE LAY AS DREAMING, by                    
First Line: She lay as dreaming, though awake
Last Line: Fell in soft blessing on her breast.


She lay as dreaming, though awake,
And sighed as one by dreams possessed,
As in a trance was she caressed,
And gave return as those who take
And give delights in Paradise.

So fair she seemed that night delayed
As, 'mid June roses, darkness stays
To linger in the moonlit haze
Before dawn comes, and slow arrayed
Soft shadows, guarding her in sleep.

Her breath was like the perfumed sway
Of white bloom where sweet Proserpine
Walks in her garden, half divine;
Her deep eyes mingled night and day
And her young body gently moved.

A shaft of fire beyond the East
Called out the robin, singing clear;
Spring, wrapped in crimson robes, drew near;
The little stars their vigil ceased;
She slumbered, murmured and awoke.

And as the great new Day was born
She drew where love was most content;
Her lips like Dian's bow were bent;
The glory of the rose-hued morn
Fell in soft blessing on her breast.





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