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Whilst the Candle Burns
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Whilst the Candle Burns |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap 
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Whilst the Candle Burns Oh come, my love, this mystic night Upon enchanted wind That surges swift through salten air Above unquiet sea, No hand shall stay thy fairie-flight -- Nor word this spell rescind That marks thy locus starry there -- That carries you to me. Oh come, for whilst the candle burns, The charm is surely spun; In silken ties two hearts shall bind As single entity -- No prize but that for which it yearns Might be so gladly won, Such welcome shall the vessel find That carries you to me! Oh come, for time is doubly fleet When need would wish it slow -- So short the blessed hour seems That frames our destiny -- A kiss in parting bittersweet By candle’s dying glow, Laments the transience of dreams That carry you to me. Full fathom five thy father lies, Of his bones are coral made, Those are pearls that were his eyes; Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange... --William Shakespeare, from The Tempest |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Another excellent poem, Kess! I envy your talent! Denise |
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netswan Senior Member
since 2000-03-28
Posts 1369Washington |
Simply lovely and well done netswan |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Skyfyre~ Pleasant read. 'Oh come, for time is doubly fleet When need would wish it slow --' Just a beautiful line. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Ah, the fragrence of impending doom upon dreams not yet realized. Waves of rich melancholy flowing in this one, Kess. "So short the blessed hour seems That frames our destiny --" Penned perfectly. Michael |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
SkyFyre~ Wonderful read  Enjoyed it  Tracie~ Keep all the windows of your mind open Anne Rooks |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I feel as though I should be reading this with the sound of a lute in the background..very nice...I love your poetry, Kess.  |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Kess, I want to know where all of this is coming from. . . you have found a wonderful muse I feel. . . it shows in this poem, excellent words my friend. . . --------------------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
Beautifully written. |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
"transience of dreams" Indeed my friend, (not lecturing, just speaking out loud...LOL) Dreams, aren't they the most interesting of subjects? Is it perhaps that very transience which draws us to them? Pictures and hopes caught in fleeting moments of un-awareness, with wisp of wishes trailing after throughout the days. Hmm, I've oft wished to remember my dreams as others do... yet theirs are just as transient, mine just move quicker! |
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Beki Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1569Newport Beach, CA, USA |
Extraordinary work, Kess....Bravo! |
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EagleOne Member Elite
since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829Between a laugh and a tear... |
There is little I can add that hasn't already been said. I enjoyed! Not all those who wander are lost. ~J.R.R. Tolkien |
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