To cinna

Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)



Cinna, the great Venusian told
 In songs that will not die
How in Augustan days of old
 Your love did glorify
His life and all his being seemed
 Thrilled by that rare incense
Till, grudging him the dreams he dreamed,
 The gods did call you hence.

Cinna, I've looked into your eyes,
 And held your hands in mine,
And seen your cheeks in sweet surprise
 Blush red as Massic wine;
Now let the songs in Cinna's praise
 Be chanted once again,
For, oh! alone I walk the ways
 We walked together then!

Perhaps upon some star to-night,
 So far away in space
I cannot see that beacon light
 Nor feel its soothing grace--
Perhaps from that far-distant sphere
 Her quickened vision seeks
For this poor heart of mine that here
 To its lost Cinna speaks.

Then search this heart, beloved eyes,
 And find it still as true
As when in all my boyhood skies
 My guiding stars were you!
Cinna, you know the mystery
 That is denied to men--
Mine is the lot to feel that we
 Shall elsewhere love again!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJXKXK ELELMHMH
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 957
Words 183
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8

Eugene Field

Eugene Field, Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. more…

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