In the deep shadows round the fountain-space, Clear to the moonlight and the slim jet's tip Toss'd into silver, and in twinkling chase The fireflies swirl'd between, there, hand on hip, A lover held his lady face to face, Breathing sweet words, letting his fingers slip Thro' moonlight tinsel'd hair: and crushing lace, Sheet-flashing satin and the water's dip Was all the sound. Then sudden, far away At some low terrace tank they heard Love play His very soul out soft in soothing bars; And breathless, list'ning, they forgot Love's time Was pulsing out from distant chime to chime; -- And instant day shook out the violet stars. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LITTLE BOY'S DREAM by KATHERINE MANSFIELD THE IMPOSSIBLE INDISPENSIBILITY OF THE ARS POETICA by HAYDEN CARRUTH O DREAMS, O DESTINATIONS by CECIL DAY LEWIS SIGNATURE OF LOVE by KAREN SWENSON THE ARCHITECT AT THE EDGE OF THE SEA by KAREN SWENSON |