Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE WHITE POPPY, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE


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THE WHITE POPPY, by                    
First Line: Like a shimmering poppy, robed in white
Last Line: With kisses maddening more than wine!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Hearts; Kisses; Love


LIKE a shimmering poppy, robed in white
With sashes and bows of palest green,
A very woman of soft delight!
Yet moulded as the flowers have been,

Eyes golden-brown, and deep as true,
Bespeak a mind to calmness given,
A soul wherein a man may view
The sovran sanctities of Heaven.

When she doth smile, lights it as tho'
Pale shadowy moonbeams brim her lips
And scatter there an argent glow
That never suffereth eclipse.

Those treasured hands that lie superb
Upon the foldings of her gown,—
O beating heart! how can I curb
The folly thou wouldst make me own?

For thou wouldst her sweet trust requite
With fervours of the sun-lash'd South;
Thou, the arch-traitor! wouldst invite
A lordlier trespass on her mouth.

O that her lips might closer steal,
Droop yet a little nearer mine!
Till life upon its axis reel
With kisses maddening more than wine!





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