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Poem by Arthur William Symons

On the Stage

Lights, in a multi-coloured mist,
From indigo to amethyst,
A whirling mist of multi-coloured lights;
And after, wigs and tights,
Then faces, then a glimpse of profiles, then
Eyes, and a mist again;
And rouge, and always tights, and wigs, and tights.

You see the ballet so, and so,
From amethyst to indigo;
You see a dance of phantoms, but I see
A girl, who smiles to me;
Her cheeks, across the rouge, and in her eyes
I know what memories,
What memories and messages for me. 

Arthur William Symons

Arthur William Symons’s other poems:

  1. Margery Of The Fens
  2. Serata Di Fiesta
  3. At Toledo
  4. Variations Upon Love
  5. To a Grey Dress

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