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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HER MUSIC, by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON First Line: It trembled off the keys - a parting kiss Last Line: Of violets and love and death. | |||
IT trembled off the keys, -- a parting kiss So sweet, -- the angel slept upon his sword As through the gate of Paradise we swept, -- Partakers of creation's primal bliss! -- The air was heavy with the breath Of violets and love till death. -- Forgetful of eternal banishment -- Deep down the dusk of passion-haunted ways, Lost in the dreaming alchemies of tone, -- Drenched in the dew no other wings frequent, -- Our thirsting hearts drank in the breath Of violets and love in death. -- There was no world, no flesh, no boundary line, -- Spirit to spirit, -- chord and dissonance, Beyond the jealousy of space or time Her life in one low cry broke over mine! -- The waking angel drew a shuddering breath Of violets and love and death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FORGIVENESS LANE by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON HEAVEN by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON REALITY by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON SEPARATION by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON UNANSWERED by MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON FREE FANTASIA ON JAPANESE THEMES by AMY LOWELL DISAPPOINTED by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR PAST AND PRESENT by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON TWO WITCHES: 2. THE PAUPER WITCH OF GRAFTON by ROBERT FROST |
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