SONNET by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM

I SHALL remember always star-lit nights
Of hyacinth perfume from nearby homes;
Of vague, insistent music and white lights;
Of arches chasing arches, and stained domes. . .

White panels and facades against a grey;
The drowsing shadows wakened violently;
A paean stalking solemnly away.
A Titian face. Dark eyes that turn to me.

A rich Italian lilt; a soft warm hand
Against my hand. . . A smoke mist round our eyes.
My speech. . . Your voice, "I no can understand."
And I would say, "Come now, one wins who tries."

Calm nights you sit near me till night has gone.
@3What magic has the gondolier of dawn?@1

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