Sunday, October 01, 2006

A poem presentation . . . Sweet Melancholy!

This poem is kinda on the bitter side, but I find it amusing! Lemme know whatcha think!!
Revenge by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Ay, gaze upon her rose-wreath'd hair,
And gaze upon her smile;
Seem as you drank the very air
Her breath perfumed the while;

And wake for her the gifted line,
That wild and witching lay,
And swear your heart is as a shrine,
That only holds her sway.

'Tis well: I am revenged at last;--
Mark you that scornful cheek,--
The eye averted as you pass'd,
Spoke more than words could speak.

Ay, now by all the bitter tears
That I have shed for thee,--
The racking doubts the burning fears,--
Avenged they well may be--

By the nights pass'd in sleepless care,
The days of endless woe;
All that you taught my heart to bear,
All that yourself will know.

I would not wish to see you laid
Within an early tomb;
I should forget how you betray'd,
And only weep your doom:

Vut this is fitting punishment,
To live and love in vain,--
O my wrung heart, be thou content,
And feed upon his pain.

Go thou and watch her lightest sigh,--
Thine own it will not be;
And bask beneath her sunny eye,--
It will not turn on thee.

'Tis well: the rack, the chain, the wheel,
Far better hadst thou proved;
Ev'n I could almost pity feel,
For thou art not beloved.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oooooooh ho ho ho....ouch. It's too easy for me to find myself in that poem, as either of the 3 characters. Playing with words is great fun, isn't it?

mdvjow
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Chanel Blanc said...

It is indeed! Oh how true THAT is!! The question then becomes, at least for me, then who is the guy that you were playing with??!!! I MUST KNOW!!! WHO HE IS AND WHERE HE IS FROM AND ANY AND ALL OTHER DETAILS!! I certainly missed THAT memo!! ;p

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Anonymous said...

Ah ha ha ha, now I'm suuure you would :-P I think this venue might be a bit inappropriate for such information, don't you think? ;-) COME VISIT! (Aren't you wondering about who would ever scorn me? Rest assured, dear, they're all either in penitentiary or a psychiatric institute :-P Juuuust kidding)

exvtfq
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Chanel Blanc said...

Darling you make me laugh so HARD MY SIDES HURT!!! AND IF THIS IS AN INAPPROPRIATE VENUE THEN E-MAIL ME THE 411!!! I WANNA KNOW DARN IT AND I WANNA KNOW NOW!!! *throws tantrum* ;p

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