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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEAD FOUNTAINS, by ROYALL HENDERSON SNOW First Line: Moonstains on a leaf-strewn cloister walk Last Line: That cast upward hollow echoes of the stars. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | |||
Moonstains on a leaf-strewn cloister walk, And through the colonades, dead fountains, rain-filled, Cast upward hollow echoes of the stars. Moonlight tinselling a girl's black hair, As a light step crinkles through the leaves: "Paolo? Paolo?" The dry rustlings of the leaves Blur out the whisperings of two, Wrap silk about the sound of kisses. Moonlight streaming in silver Along rapier blades. ... Heavy feet scatter leaves Into frightened leaps. Twice a curse! Then the moan of a man Lying, pale head in the light, Body in shadow. "Paolo, Paolo! Help!" The cry of a girl totters against the colonades And falls across dead fountains That cast upward hollow echoes of the stars. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND AN OLD OLD STORY by ROYALL HENDERSON SNOW |
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