Thou dawdl’d not bringing me fro Aether to Nether,Still, duringly cling I on to this heather –Dew-scented blossom; thou wast pristine,The sweven of thee ne’er will I cede, my colleen.Drat this creature of memories ill,Foolhardy and fey I may be, yet him I shall quell. ‘Vaunt! – Devil tyne –Wadst thou wane fore’ermae;Daunt – sinsyne […]
Time is an abyss –Profound as a thousand nights;I sojourn my haste, I make respitesFor what availeith this eager pace?One step more naught to face,Save the heirloom fatal kiss. I rave no more ‘gainst Time or Fate,For lo! my own shall ne’er come to me,Yet! – Who doth my future narrate?Dim the lights – I […]
"Be my kin free fro varnal sin,Bridle the thoughts of thy Master.""There hath past away a glore fro the Earth;A glore that in the hearts and minds of men,Men dementéd – blindfoldéd by light,Hourisheth as weed in their well-groom’d garths." "Might I too was blindfoldéd ere, "The quality of mercy and absolution,Tho’ years have master’d […]
Haste not thine wisdom, for the hollow is ta’en –By whom, know I not; ‘lack! am I of twain –And as a crux – cede I my words –Fro my heart wilt thou ne’erHave I been ‘sooth sinsyne.Be left without – come! Thine voice is oh so sweet, I speer thine pine,Ryking for me: Ryking […]
Parch’d of words, parch’d of lauds,Lorn and tyned fro my wame –‘Seech I more perforce indeed:Lap I of thee: Thou art want. With dulcet gust thine floret,Which I yet would not do –Pray I thee for thine avail –Lave me in it; I want more! For my loe, not be adust. Come see as the […]
We stepped out of the brittle frameAnd I heard her as she cameThrough the city-streetsAnd the lavish lover-suitesMan standing next to manHe’s alone I see only facesI don’t know I see faces staringOther faces staringDon’t talk, don’t tellWe stepped out and sought for heightAnd I looked for a single starThrough a starlit skyAnd the fangles […]
Turn baby, turnYou’ve got the feeling for itI’m the musicDance with me, swayAre you ready for me?Take a chance on me.Turn baby, turnYou’ve got the feeling for itI’m in tune nowSing to me, sayAre you ready for me?Take a chance on meThe downtown boy in a daylight rouseGetting ready for the night’s ployAnd he’s waiting […]
"O soft embalmer of ye still midnight,Allow me thee to adown,Of any sort thou fancieth;Each holdeth its own fancy, I say –Yet the pleasure we partake inWas caus’d by the fang’d grin,Save!, do I for him anger hold?Nay – I knew I was fey!""Had I what it taketh I would do;I sense – I cannot […]
Don’t you wanna end up with this mister?He is just being nice with his kisses and heThinks you’re not one of the smart onesSay it darlingDoesn’t seem like you want that kind of honey, honeyFrom the automatic lover’s storeTo the first floor of your backroom doorFrom the spin-spin of the fickle swirlIn a freak-freak dance […]
Cede the wherefores and do na chide,Maybe I am peenging – ween of joy;Cede the wherefores and do na chide –Thrawn and slab of leer I hold thee, and yore was ‘gal. Riddance,Sith the one.