A Jongleur Strayed
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By Richard Le Gallienne 26 Sep, 2020
Take away the dancing girls, quench the lights, remove     Golden cups and garlands sere, all the feast; away   Lutes and lyres and Lalage; close the gates, above     Write upon the lintel this; Time is done for play!   Thou hast had ... Read more
Take away the dancing girls, quench the lights, remove     Golden cups and garlands sere, all the feast; away   Lutes and lyres and Lalage; close the gates, above     Write upon the lintel this; Time is done for play!   Thou hast had thy fill of love, eaten, drunk; the show   Ends at last, 'twas long enough—time it is to go.   Thou hast played—ah! heart, how long!—past all count were they,     Girls of gold and ivory, bosomed deep, all snow,   Leopard swift, and velvet loined, bronze for hair, wild clay     Turning at a touch to flame, tense as a strung bow.   Cruel as the circling hawk, tame at last as dove,—   Thou hast had thy fill and more than enough of love. Less
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Richard Le Gallienne (20 January 1866 – 15 September 1947) was an English author and poet. The British-American actress Eva Le Gallienne (1899–1991) was his daughter, by his second marriage to Dan...
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