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pegasus111
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since 2000-07-27

Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa

0 posted 2002-05-27 08:43 AM

Sweet love, sweet love, where hast thee gone
does this temperment no longer please thy taste
perchance another’s charm hast caught thine eye
wouldst thou leave me then in passion’s haste

Am I no longer worthy of thy loving touch
that boundless pleasure brought to such as me
on countless nights neath bright moonlit skies
thy breath a soothing warmth my skin desires

Could thou then withold this precious gift
so freely given when this love was young
and wound this erstwhile lover to the quick
nay, score his soul with fatal wounds

Canst thou not see the pain in these eyes
filled with the tears of a thousand nights
a thousand deaths since thy farewell
an empty void to terrible to embrace

Return then to these loving arms my true love
when thou hast had thy fill of passing pleasure
for I await thee with patience strained by time
and yet faithful to the memory of thy face

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

ellie LeJeune
Member Elite

since 2000-01-10

Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA

1 posted 2002-05-27 09:09 AM

Ah, dear poet of thy words so tenderly wrought, mayest thou find the fullest of thine dreams come true and thy hearts own one love be returneth to thee with much haste and with a heart overflowing with love for thee.

A friend hears the song in my heart, and sings it to me when my memory fails.

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

2 posted 2002-05-27 11:18 AM

Why does a love poem have so much more soul when written in Old English? Me thinks it is beautifully wrought. Joyce

laryalee2
Member

since 2002-05-22

Posts 96
British Columbia, Canada

3 posted 2002-05-28 01:46 PM

What a tender embellishment the old words can add, Pegasus....
and the way you've delicately crafted this one upholds the finest traditions!
It's so-oo romantic!

Lary

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

4 posted 2002-05-29 08:59 PM

Pegasus~

'Canst thou not see the pain in these eyes
filled with the tears of a thousand nights'

Enjoyed it all ... was most touched by this thought~
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

wordancer
Senior Member

since 2000-07-30

Posts 809
VA

5 posted 2002-05-31 12:09 PM

quote:
and yet faithful to the memory of thy face

...this sent shivers down my soul's backbone, acutally the whole poem did, adding this one to the ever-growing list of great ones by the winged wonder.

IHOPoets, bringing poetic scribes together--

pegasus111
Member Elite

since 2000-07-27

Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa

6 posted 2002-05-31 04:59 PM

thank you my friends for validating this poets labor of love.

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

Brad Majors

Member Elite

since 2001-04-03

Posts 2647
Georgia

7 posted 2002-06-01 02:53 AM

Wonderful! I have missed your work!

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