1899 · CLOSE READING
Tale of Archais
Tale of Archais (1899), PDF p. 79
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THE TALE OF ARCHAIS
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O lamp of love !
The hissing spray shall jet thee with desire
And foaming fire,
And fire from thee shall move
Her spirit to devour,
And fuse and mingle us in one transcendent hour.
Godhead is less
Than mortal love, the garland of the spheres,
Than those sweet tears
That yield no bitterness
To the luxurious cries
That love shrills out in death, that murmur when
love dies.
Love dies in vain.
For breezes hasten from the summer south
To touch his mouth
And bid him rise again,
Till, ere the dawn-stars breath,
Love kisses into sleep, Sleep swoons away to
Death.
So Zeus in her sweet arms slept daintily
Till the sun crept into the midmost sky,
And his own curse came back to sleep with him.
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