 | Poems by Maurice Thompson |  |
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ATALANTA.
When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds
Set from the south with odors sweet,
I see my love, in green, cool groves,
Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
Set from the south with odors sweet,
I see my love, in green, cool groves,
Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
She throws a kiss and bids me run,
In whispers sweet as roses' breath;
I know I cannot win the race,
And at the end I know is death.
In whispers sweet as roses' breath;
I know I cannot win the race,
And at the end I know is death.
But joyfully I bare my limbs,
Anoint me with the tropic breeze,
And feel through every sinew thrill
The vigor of Hippomenes.
Anoint me with the tropic breeze,
And feel through every sinew thrill
The vigor of Hippomenes.
O race of love! we all have run
Thy happy course through groves of spring,
And cared not, when at last we lost,
For life or death, or anything!
Thy happy course through groves of spring,
And cared not, when at last we lost,
For life or death, or anything!
| Poems by Maurice Thompson | |