 | The poems and prose writings of Sumner Lincoln Fairfield |  |
“Ay, love! and after his desire or hope
Each may interpret—veriest oracles
Must have a myriad meanings—and the voice
Of Memphian Isis shall, at once, respond
Unto the drivelling dreamers; then, my life!
While dotards live on riddles and embrace
Shadows as did the Thunderer what time
The oxeyed empress jealoused of his deeds,
We at Love's feast reposing shall regale
And drink the ecstacies of mingled hearts!
—The sistrum sounds! the sculptured lips shall speak!”
Each may interpret—veriest oracles
Must have a myriad meanings—and the voice
Of Memphian Isis shall, at once, respond
Unto the drivelling dreamers; then, my life!
While dotards live on riddles and embrace
Shadows as did the Thunderer what time
The oxeyed empress jealoused of his deeds,
We at Love's feast reposing shall regale
And drink the ecstacies of mingled hearts!
—The sistrum sounds! the sculptured lips shall speak!”
| The poems and prose writings of Sumner Lincoln Fairfield | |