Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EXPERIENCE, by GREGOIRE LE ROY Poet's Biography First Line: I walked behind two lovers, their kisses hearing Last Line: And I knew the word that chimera would tell them soon. Subject(s): Love; Past | ||||||||
I WALKED behind two lovers, their kisses hearing, And watched the loth withdrawal of forms shown black On the soft-hued sky that the tender Autumn was wearing Like the pale, pearl-gray that covers a sea-mew's back. And while they wended, full near to the sea's wild riot Hurling her waves where the stones of the cliff ran out, My heart ungrudging, unbitter, knew no disquiet Of sorrow, or strife, or a futile passion of doubt. They wended along in their beautiful dream united, Blent into one and tasting their life's brief boon; They moved in the Present and I in the Past benighted, And I knew the word that Chimera would tell them soon. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FERGUS FALLING by GALWAY KINNELL A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV LAST THINGS by WILLIAM MEREDITH CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS THIS MORNING, GOD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR |
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