Helen of Troy And Other Poems (65)
分类: 英语诗歌
K.Kiss me at last, my love.
L.Oh, my sweet lord, I am too tired to kiss.Look how the earth is like an emerald,With rivers veined and flawed with fallow fields.
K.(Lifting her veil)Then I kiss you, a thousand thousand kissesFor all the days ere I had won to youBeyond the walls and gates you barred so close.Call me at last your love, your castle's lord.
L.(After a pause)I love you. (She kisses him.Her veil blows away like a white butterflyover the parapet.Faint cries and laughter from men and womenunder the tower.) Men and Women.The veil, the lady's veil! (The knight takes the lady in his arms.) L.My lord, I pray you loose me from your armsLest that my people see