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X Angel Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521Oregon 
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'neath a rose of fairest white < !signature-->with fallen petals underfoot two lovers met one night of passioned kisses soon partook hand to heart, a quiet pledge beheld by fate, on clandestine eve tho' ne'er more earnest words he pled "Fair maid, I'll leave not thee." clutching his palm unto her breast gently wiping their tears away "By your love I am truly bles't" was all that she could say true love, cruel fate would soon plunder her father knew their lover's masquerade and soon had rent their lives asunder her love felt he had been betrayed he left with morn's pale dawn without him life was death she found her love for life from her drawn and soon she fell on mossy ground and dreampt of happier times her sleep stretched from year to year and soon her father wept for his crime his life slipping past in crystal tears for he had stolen her smile, as if a thief yet was powerless fate to change but somewhere deep with-in lingered peace after cruel emotions spent their range her father cried for his fastest steed and mounted fierce and quick "Find her love!", was his decree "My daughter's fallen sick!" through mountain, meadow, hill and dale a frenzied search o'ertook the land meanwhile she grew ever pale as sorrow pervaded the land her love lived on a mountain high far from life's biting pain near where he could touch the sky and taste the soft cool rain he never forgot his maiden fair the rain, her kisses upon his lips each night, in dreams, he stroked her golden hair and drank her beauty in gentle sips unwillingly, yet deep in his heart her voice lingered ever still no time or fate will keep apart ev'n if mortal self were killed her father stopped near a cottage dim and called "Come sir I need thee now, my daughter's life grows ever thin know this, sir, my pledge my vow." "I'll hold no harm to thee if thou but comest to her side, and let her soul fly free. I swear by these words I will abide!" morn and night passed away and her heart beat gentle still "Oh what can be the delay!" was her father's anxious trill one day as the sun awoke and light fell soft upon her face her lover's name she bespoke a soon a hush fell o'er the place murmers shook the crowd as her eyes beheld her father's smile and then she laughed aloud "Awake am I, it's been awhile!" "Yet, where's my one true love?" Upon hearing this, to his knee fell and once more his pledge he troth "I've braved earth and sky and hell to be once more by your side. I'll ne'er leave again, this I swear, it was as if my heart had died. My life is yours to share, I want naught in life but thee." she gazed upon her handsome one "My life to you I bequeath." and in those simple words, her life had just begun "Our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything." --William Shakespeare [This message has been edited by X Angel (edited 05-27-2000).] |
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Colin Senior Member
since 1999-06-05
Posts 596Callington, Cornwall, England |
WOW!!! I popped on here for the first time in ages today amd I'm glad I did! I see that you're still writing good ones X  Yep, I loved it.... very fairy-tale-esque (that's a real word, honest! It's just the dictionaries are so behind the times |
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X Angel Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521Oregon |
I love a good fairy story...yanno ya always wish the prince gets the girl in the end  .Thanks for your kind reply... ~Heather |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
XAngel~ I enjoyed the fairy tale of this piece. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I loved this...what a story! I couldn't wait to see how it ended and I'm so glad it was happy! Thank you for such a superb read!  |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
I read this with rapt attention as if turning pages from an angelic fairy-tale. Wonderfully done X Angel! Best wishes, /Kit |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
WOW.... This is hardly what I expected to see from you when I opened this post... You've outdone yourself - and that's no easy chore.... I love it, I love it, I love it.....  |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
heather you are just brilliant at stories like this or is it r/l?? philip |
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X Angel Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521Oregon |
Thanks guys for your replies I struggle with rhyming so this was a stretch for me.... Ohhh and Philip...it's real life! I am stuck in the 2000's when I belong in medieval times. ~H [This message has been edited by X Angel (edited 05-29-2000).] |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
Wow..You're so good at those fairy tales. I was captivated of course. Nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by pure love. Who can predict his comings and goings? "Thoreau" |
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