Classic Poem

From out the deep dark glooms of doubt and pain,
Thy love's star-radiance, nascent, soon shall shine,
Splendent of carnal glamour from thy brain
Like precious stones behued in tints divine,

That hide in dazzling depths a soul long lain,
A spirit crystallized, infused, benign!
The gem ignores its soul's deep glowing vein,
Thy soul ignores the gem-love that is thine!

But I have come to fray the path to spheres
Whose secret thrills, whose dizzy height endears,
For I will revel in their glorious gloom,
Born to enjoy the wonders of thine eyes—
The riot splendors of their vague perfume,
Thy soft and amorous symphonies of sighs——!

From out the deep dark glooms of doubt and pain,
Thy love's star-radiance, nascent, soon shall shine,
Splendent of carnal glamour from thy brain
Like precious stones be-hued in tints divine,

That hide in dazzling depths a soul long lain,
A spirit crystallized, infused, benign!
The gem ignores its soul's deep glowing vein,
Thy soul ignores the gem-love that is thine!

But I have come to fray the path to spheres
Whose secret thrills, whose dizzy height endears,
For I will revel in their glorious gloom,
Born to enjoy the wonders of thine eyes—
The riot splendors of their vague perfume,
Thy soft and amorous symphonies of sighs——!