Two Loves (part two)
Two Loves (part two)
And as I stood and marvelled, lo! across
The garden came a youth; one hand he raised
To shield him from the sun, his wind-tossed hair
Was twined with flowers, and in his hand he bore
A purple bunch of bursting grapes, his eyes
Were clear as crystal, naked all was he,
White as snow on pathless mountains frore,
Red were his lips as red wine-spilith that dyes
A marble floor, his brow chalcedony
And he came near me, with his lips uncurled
And kind, and caught my hand and kissed my mouth
And gave me grapes to eat, and said,'Sweet friend,
Come I will show the shadows of the world
And images of life. See from the south
Comes the pale pageant that had never an end'
And lo! Within the garden of my dream
I saw two walking on a shining plain
Of golden light. The one did joyous seem
And fair and blooming, and a sweet refrain
Came from his lips; he sang of pretty maids
And joyous love of comely girl and boy,
His eyes were bright, ane 'mid the dancing blades
Of golden grass his feet did trip for joy;
And in his hand he held an ivory lute
With strings of gold that were as maiden's hair
And sang with a voice as tuneful as a flute
And round his neck three cains of roses were
He was full of sad and sweet, and his large eyes
Were strange with wondrous brightness, staring wide
With gazing; and sighed with many sighs
That moved me, and his lips were red
Like poppies, and his he clenched tight;
And yet again unclenched, and his head
was wreathed with moon-flowers pale as lips of death
A purple robe he wore, o'erwrought in gold
With the device of a great snake, whose breath
Was fierly flame: which when I did behold
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