THEY meet to say farewell: Their way Of saying this is hard to say -- He holds her hand an instant, wholly Distressed -- and she unclasps it slowly. He bends @3his@1 gaze evasively Over the printed page that she Recurs to, with a new-moon shoulder Glimpsed from the lace-mists that infold her. The clock, beneath its crystal cup, Discreetly clicks -- @3"Quick! Act! Speak up!"@1 A tension circles both her slender Wrists -- and her raised eyes flash in splendor, Even as he feels his dazzled own. -- Then, blindingly, round either thrown, They feel a stress of arms that ever Strain tremblingly -- and @3"Never! Never!"@1 Is whispered brokenly, with half A sob, like a belated laugh, -- While cloyingly their blurred kiss closes, -- Sweet as the dew's lip to the rose's. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 30 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE FOUNDERS OF OHIO by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE THE TENDER HUSBAND: PROLOGUE by JOSEPH ADDISON MY HEART WAS ANCE by ROBERT BURNS UNREQUITED by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN |