Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOVE'S MASQUERADES: LOVE, THE MINSTREL, by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS


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LOVE'S MASQUERADES: LOVE, THE MINSTREL, by                    
First Line: In the deep shadows round the fountain-space
Last Line: And instant day shook out the violet stars.
Alternate Author Name(s): Marzials, Theo; Marzials, Theophile Jules Henri
Subject(s): Love; Soul; Time


In the deep shadows round the fountain-space,
Clear to the moonlight and the slim jet's tip
Toss'd into silver, and in twinkling chase
The fireflies swirl'd between, there, hand on hip,
A lover held his lady face to face,
Breathing sweet words, letting his fingers slip
Thro' moonlight tinsel'd hair: and crushing lace,
Sheet-flashing satin and the water's dip

Was all the sound. Then sudden, far away
At some low terrace tank they heard Love play
His very soul out soft in soothing bars;
And breathless, list'ning, they forgot Love's time
Was pulsing out from distant chime to chime; --
And instant day shook out the violet stars.





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