 | Poems, dramatic and lyrical (1893) |  |
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DISILLUSION
She came, the fire of heaven around her brow,
And dared not glance upon the face of day
With her meek eyes, as shrinking from the glow
Of this rough world, a maiden pure alway.
And dared not glance upon the face of day
With her meek eyes, as shrinking from the glow
Of this rough world, a maiden pure alway.
Her thoughts were, as the dreams of saints, divine.
Her soul refused to touch our sordid cares.
She was a pearl cast on a world of swine.
A single lily sown in a field of tares.
Her soul refused to touch our sordid cares.
She was a pearl cast on a world of swine.
A single lily sown in a field of tares.
She seem'd a solitude of Alpine snow
Under a few cold stars. Till, fooled by Fate,
I touched her surface veil, and bared below
A lazar meet to lie at Dives' gate.
Under a few cold stars. Till, fooled by Fate,
I touched her surface veil, and bared below
A lazar meet to lie at Dives' gate.
So now I sing my woes, Cassandra-wise,
To lovers deaf of ear and blind of eyes.
To lovers deaf of ear and blind of eyes.
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