Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SCHERZO, by JACQUES LECLERCQ Poet's Biography First Line: You do not know what wonder Last Line: Will you care? Subject(s): Animals; Horses; Jokes | ||||||||
You do not know what wonder I shall pour on your name -- I will raise it as a flame With the wind blowing under, I will make it break as thunder With high heaven for a frame, There is nothing I dare not do For you. I shall conquer my pride, I shall brave the scorn I fear, One moment will make clear Every hope I hide, One moment will lay bare The dream I hold most dear, All I own will be your share When our fates decide If you chide at what you hear or if you care. Let the sky be brave, Let the night be clear, Let the bludgeons of moonlight swirl and veer, Or be poised and hover, perilously near, Ready for the blows that buffet and stave The white-bellied horses of the outgoing tide, As they prance . . . as they dance . . . as they gallop . . . as they ride Wave on foaming wave . . . (There is nothing the shyest man dare not do When moonlight traces out a path for you!) Let the sky be brave, Let the night be clear, Let moonlight there, Let the gold-flecked air grow atremble at the riot Of the stars' despair . . . And let all things be quiet: (There is nothing the shyest man dare not do When moonlight pierces the senses through!) I bring no costly gift To lie lavishly beside Casks others lift, Gold others bear, I bring no jewel, no gem that is rare, Nor feather, nor rose, nor ribbon for your hair, Nor crimson-colored ribbon you may wear in your hair -- I bring for gift But a song that passes, swift And gleaming through the air . . . and lost: Spindrift! A word half-spoken To be taken for token, A snatch of a song Scattered ere long And no heart broken; A boy's kiss pressed On your white, proud breast, And silence for the rest . . . Will you care? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALAS! by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS VILLANELLE OF THINGS AMUSING by FRANK GELETT BURGESS THE SEXTON AND THE THERMOMETER by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER FLIGHT by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY THE NEW JOKE by FRANK TOURTELLOT EASTON CROSS-QUESTIONING by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON EQUAL JUSTICE by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON HIDDEN TALENT by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON |
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