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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOCTURNE, by JESSIE E. WILLIAMS
First Line: What fragrance breathes when ione's hands
Last Line: As wan as ghosts of lilac-blooms!
First Line: What fragrance breathes when ione's hands
Last Line: As wan as ghosts of lilac-blooms!
What fragrance breathes when Ione's hands,
Her slender, facile, gifted hands,
Poise gracefully, and leap,
And lave themselves in perfumed waves
Of melting minors, purple-hued,
With rapture of the jasmine's breath,
With sadness of wisteria!
Upon her flood-tide's plaintive crest
Ride chords as vivid as a passion-flower,
And half-submerged, mysterious,
Tones, in a smooth, unhurrying flow,
As wan as ghosts of lilac-blooms!
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