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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DANSEUSE, by MAY ARNO First Line: It was in a theater one day Last Line: Divinely blended into one. | |||
It was in a theater one day: The house was dark, the stage a-light, A living symphony at play, A fragile nymph, a woodland sprite. A phase of beauty set aside And framed into a brilliant sphere, A changing scintillating tide Of deep emotions blended here. A human flame of orange red, A whirling, twirling rhythmic wave, A pulsing, seething water bed, A deep and melancholy grave. A flitting phantom in the gloom, An old dead sorrow fanned to glow, The heart-break of a dying bloom, The agonizing tears that flow. A raging storm, oppressive air, A ghastly, shocking monotone. Thunderous drums, a vision rare, Divinely blended into one. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SYNCOPATED CAKEWALK by CLARENCE MAJOR MATE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE CRADLE SONG OF THE POOR by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER THE WELCOME TO ALEXANDRA by ALFRED TENNYSON IN THE OLD SOUTH CHURCH; 1677 by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER HYMN FOR ALL SAINTS DAY IN THE MORNING by HENRY ALFORD THE LORD OF THOULOUSE; A LEGEND OF LANGUEDOC by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE by BERNARD BARTON |
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