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Poeminister
Senior Member

since 2000-02-26

Posts 1862
Regina SK; Canada

0 posted 2001-06-30 04:42 PM

Final Wake

Wherefore beamest thou through the window?
wherefore beamest thou into my night?
to hove' and haunt, refusing to go,
issuing so low: "Be for thy day dight."

Will I be taken in haste, still young
into thine kiss, darkling damosel,
bound here to taste thy tasteless tongue
that fates sheer, each mortal morsel

Ere I have met true loving's spark?
ere I have left an earthen mark?
The mirror waxes swirling liquid, Death,
as I feel the breeze, of thy boding breath.

Our lives are made by the starlight spun
'twixt Nature, God, and Oblivion
and slide through season after season,
that cultivate the eternal one.

Thou givest in between, that dark dose
whence comes the sudden Spring of Shadows
that softens sight, into forgetting;
but I, my faith, shall not lose of wing.

'Gainst obscurity, for aye more light, rage,
so may gilded be life's last turn'd page,
Every night reaches forth to daybreak
and Heaven, shall be the final wake.

[This message has been edited by Poeminister (edited 06-30-2001).]

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2001-06-30 04:48 PM

so go thee, Sire, go swift, and fast
for heaven awaits your soul at last
and be assured in thine familial grief
thy Lord shall soon give them blessed relief

Poeminister....you know I like this one! 'Tis a keeper, Sir, a keeper....

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

2 posted 2001-06-30 05:34 PM

very nice writing here! I'm impressed>

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

3 posted 2001-06-30 08:59 PM

well done Sir, thou dost know that I do so very much enjoy this style that thou hast penned so eloquently this eve. . .

superbly done with the tone of the Bard himself. . .

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VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

4 posted 2001-07-01 01:12 PM

Quite an impressive employment of archaic, middle English language. Well done!

Made me look up 'dight' and I trust it's the 1st definition.

Am curious about the extra syllable in the middle of damsel. Is that a traditional middle English use or was it for syllabic count?

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

5 posted 2001-07-02 11:46 AM

'Gainst obscurity, for aye more light, rage,
so may gilded be life's last turn'd page,
Every night reaches forth to daybreak
and Heaven, shall be the final wake.
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Yes!

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