A Proud Man Love Slain By A Lily White Hand

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Terence George Craddock

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if tears alone when shed
can unnerve most men
sometimes steal a proud

man's heart; then
bewitched a man
could surely be;

if he drank
the precious dew

of tears fresh shed;
from a gentle eye
falling upon his knee,

drank directly,
from love a lily
white slender hand;

Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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Terence George Craddock

Monday, December 11, 2023

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Inspired by the poem 'The Tear', by the poet Heinrich Heine. Dedicated to the poet Henrich Heine. Split image from the poem 'A Proud Man Slain By A Lily White Hand', by the poet Terence George Craddock. Written in December 2016 on the 23.12.2016.

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