Louise Bogan Long Poems
- 1. To A Dead Lover
The dark is thrown
Back from the brightness, like hair
Cast over a shoulder.
I am alone,
... - 2. Man Alone
It is yourself you seek
In a long rage,
Scanning through light and darkness
Mirrors, the page,
... - 3. The Frightened Man
In fear of the rich mouth
I kissed the thin,--
Even that was a trap
To snare me in.
... - 4. Betrothed
You have put your two hands upon me, and your mouth,
You have said my name as a prayer.
Here where trees are planted by the water
I have watched your eyes, cleansed from regret,
... - 5. Song For The Last Act
Now that I have your face by heart, I look
Less at its features than its darkening frame
Where quince and melon, yellow as young flame,
Lie with quilled dahlias and the shepherd's crook.
... - 6. Knowledge
Now that I know
How passion warms little
Of flesh in the mould,
And treasure is brittle,--
... - 7. A Tale
This youth too long has heard the break
Of waters in a land of change.
He goes to see what suns can make
From soil more indurate and strange.
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