THE peacock screamed and strutted in the court, The fountain flashed its crystal to the sun, The noisy life of noon was just begun, And happy men forgot that life was short; We two stood, laughing, at the turret-pane, When some Apollo of the ranks of Mars, Crimson with plumes and glittering like the stars, Galloped across below, and there drew rein. To see so confident a man-at-arms My heart sank suddenly from sun to shade, But she, who knows the least of Love's alarms, Laid one soft hand upon my throbbing wrist, And in her eyes I read the choice she made, And anger slumbered like a tired child kissed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LONDON, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE FAREWELL TO NANCY by ROBERT BURNS QUA CURSUM VENTUS by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH UPON THE NIPPLES OF JULIA'S BREAST by ROBERT HERRICK THE FINDING OF THE LYRE by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 15 by OMAR KHAYYAM THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE [MAY 24, 1883] by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR |