He gave to her, yet tenfold claim'd in return -
She hath no life but the one he for her wrought;
Proffer'd to her his wauking heart - she turn'd it down,
Ripost?d with a tell-tale lore of lies and scorn.
Prophetess or fond?,
Tho' her parle of truth:
«I ken to-morrow - refell me if ye can!»,
Yet the kiss and breath - Apollo's bane -
S?er of the future, not of twain,
«Sicker!», quoth Cassandra.
Still, is she lief and quaint in his eyne, a sight divine? -
A mistress fuell?d by his prest haughtiness -
If he did grant, wherefore then did he not foresee,
Belike egal as it to him might be?!
Prophetess or fond?,
Tho' her parle of truth:
«I ken to-morrow - refell me if ye can!»,
Yet the kiss and breath - Apollo's bane -
S?er of the future, not of twain,
«Sicker!», quoth Cassandra.
'Or was he an ?ri?d being,
'Or was he weening - alack nay mo;
Her naysay' raught his heart,
Her daffing was the grave of all hope -
She beli?d her own words,
He thought her life, save moreo'er scourge,
She held him august, yet wee;
He left her ne'er without his heart.
1 | Siren |
2 | Cassandra |
3 | ...A Distance There Is... |
4 | Let You Down |
5 | Storm |
6 | Velvet Darkness they Fear |
7 | Venus |
8 | On Whom The Moon Doth Shine |
9 | A Rose for the Dead |
10 | Lorelei |