The Dark Cavalier
by Margaret Widdemer
I am the Dark Cavalier; I am the Last Lover:
My arms shall welcome you when other arms are tired;
I stand to wait for you, patient in the darkness,
Offering forgetfulness of all that you desired.
I ask no merriment, no pretense of gladness,
I can love heavy lids and lips without their rose;
Though you are sorrowful you will not weary me;
I will not go from you when all the tired world goes.
I am the Dark Cavalier; I am the Last Lover;
I promise faithfulness no other lips may keep;
Safe in my bridal place, comforted by darkness,
You shall lie happily, smiling in your sleep.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Night In Arizona by Sara Teasdale
- Владимир Маяковский – Дурацкий сон (РОСТА №234)
- Debt by Sara Teasdale
- To a Lady by William Dunbar
- Must Work by Steve Downes
- I Dream I M The Death Of Orpheus
- Ольга Седакова – Хильдегарда
- Иван Барков – Торжественным воротам
- Monody on a Lady, famed for her Caprice by Robert Burns
- Юлия Друнина – Царевна
- Владимир Маяковский – Частушки (Милкой мне в подарок бурка…)
- Федор Сологуб – В лес пришла пастушка
- Sonnet 109: O, never say that I was false of heart by William Shakespeare
- On the Grasshopper (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- The Hedger by William Barnes
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
