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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUNSET POINT, by R. D. JAMESON
First Line: And in the flower month, I'll leave,' I / said
Last Line: But when I kissed your eyes, my lips were wet!
Subject(s): Hearts; Love; Old Age
First Line: And in the flower month, I'll leave,' I / said
Last Line: But when I kissed your eyes, my lips were wet!
Subject(s): Hearts; Love; Old Age
"AND in the flower month, I'll leave," I said,
"And may not come again upon this hill
To touch your hand, and see the mists rise still
Like love-thoughts from the valley." And I said,
"The years will pass and many will be dead
That, like us, love to count the stars. The still
Cold hand of loneliness will touch and fill
Our hearts with longings that we won't forget."
Your face, thrown back, shone white beneath your hair.
Your lips half opened did not move. A pool
Of night lay in the valley, black and cool,
While we stood still like chiseled marble, there,
Upon the hills the mists made violet.
But when I kissed your eyes, my lips were wet!
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