Shades
Alice Corbin
1881 to 1949
Daphnis and Chloe wandered far
Through fields of asphodel,
But could not find the spot on earth
Where they were wont to dwell.
And was it here, cried Chloe, pale
As wraith of morning mist,
We ate the snow-white curds, and you
My lips and eye-lids kissed?
Alas, I know not, Daphnis said,
For all is here so bright!
Then trembling turned with clinging hands,
And vanished in the light.
Alice Corbin's Shades
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