Mundi et Cordis De Rebus Sempiternis et Temporariis: Carmina. Poems and Sonnets. By Thomas Wade |
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I. THE BRIDE.
Let the trim tapers burn exceeding brightly!And the white bed be deck'd as for a goddess,
Who must be pillow'd, like high Vesper, nightly
On couch etherial! Be the curtains fleecy,
Like Vesper's fairest, when calm nights are breezy—
Transparent, parting—shewing what they hide,
Or strive to veil—by mystery deified!
The floor gold-carpet, that her zone and bodice
May lie in honour where they gently fall,
Slow-loosened from her form symmetrical—
Like mist from sunlight! Burn, sweet odours, burn!
For incense at the altar of her pleasure!
Let music breathe with a voluptuous measure;
And witchcrafts trance her wheresoe'er she turn!
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