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Date Posted: 12:39:06 07/06/02 Sat
Author: Raphaela
Author Host/IP: webcacheB08a.cache.pol.co.uk / 195.92.168.170
Subject: Re: The Devil's Maid
In reply to: Harmony 's message, "The Devil's Maid" on 17:27:33 06/18/02 Tue

Wonderful rhyming couplets, combined with rich imagery makes for an excellent read - very classic.


Raphaela



>The Devil's Maid
>
>The fragrant roses dare not dwell
>'Round the fetid portal of hell
>Nor do gently and brightly twine
>The scarlet leaves of the columbine.
>Lost is the beauty time betrayed,
>That once adorned the Devil's maid.
>Dim is the fire that she has banked
>Deep in love's kiln, now cold and dank.
>No crystal drops bedeck her eyes,
>Wrinkled flesh has lined her thighs,
>'Tis the eleventh hour of life's day
>Or if you listen, so she will say.
>The Devil's maid has lost her trust
>And dotes on wear and age and rust.
>Her thoughts are not clean nor clear,
>Her image blurs in the Devil's mirror.
>Instead of tresses, fine and gold,
>She combs his poison through her soul.
>Youth is all the beauty, the Devil said,
>When it flees, ashes crown your head.
>And so his silken words she heeds
>And dons a garland of his weeds
>And sits her down to mourn and pine
>For the glorious days of the columbine.

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  • Re: The Devil's Maid -- sp99, 15:21:47 07/07/02 Sun
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