Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SOLILOQUY OF TEURA, A BEAUTY ASKED TO WED PUNU, AN OLD CHIEF, by MARAU


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SOLILOQUY OF TEURA, A BEAUTY ASKED TO WED PUNU, AN OLD CHIEF, by                    
First Line: The golden rays of the sky grow wider and wider
Last Line: I would rather die than return it
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


THE golden rays of the sky grow wider and wider.
What is this wind, Teura, that makes the shadows fall
upon thee?
Thy heart beats fast, Teura; it takes away thy breath.
I see a rock approaching: it is my lord Punu Teraiatua.
I hurry with fright. I fall paralyzed with fear of his love.
I step and I stop; I should advance, and I hesitate.
I would give myself up to death at the cave Tiare.
In what way can I find death?
Oh to die six deaths! I would give a golden leaf glistening
like the sky
Rather than that his love should come to me Teura.
There are but seven times for love and eight for death.
I am ill, aweary, fretting at the love that is given me.
I would rather die than return it






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