OUTLAWS
I
There
is a curious legend of two lovers
That
thrills within the heart of every man
Ghostly
they are, yet living, and the span
Allotted them by fate no end discovers.
Allotted them by fate no end discovers.
There
was a man, adventurous and free,
Evil of soul, grown into league with hell,
Evil of soul, grown into league with hell,
Loved
by a woman that no fear might quell
Their
lives rose as the waves grow out at sea.
Wild
as the glory of a desert lion.
Dark
as the sombre magnitude of death.
Heavy
with memories as a storm that saith
A
loud its toll of corpses. .. .Cruel iron
Lay
as a heart within this man, yet still
She
followed him; he held her to his will.
II
Her
heart held many music; many songs
Shone
like fair crystals in her tenderness,
And
hall her longing was for happiness;
Yet
love was darkened by her lover's wrongs.
Anld
wild unlawful piracies, though he
Worshipped
with passion, elemental flame
That
burns, consuming self; the soul untame
Burnt
in each freely. They shall never see
The
shuddering brinks behind them; but with haunted eyes
Speed to infinity, while all this slow
World's music chronicle record the power
That dwelt in their strange love that never dies.
Speed to infinity, while all this slow
World's music chronicle record the power
That dwelt in their strange love that never dies.
III
And
so they wandered through life's haunted rooms,
Each
other's heart laid bare to each, hand hid
In secrecy from all the rest, amid
Their happiness and tragedies and glooms.
Life drew its ghost around them, and on walls
Lingered strange shadows that were more than life
In secrecy from all the rest, amid
Their happiness and tragedies and glooms.
Life drew its ghost around them, and on walls
Lingered strange shadows that were more than life
In
their deep artifice. A trenchant knife
Above
them hung, the knife that never falls
But
trembles in its warning. Voices came
From
out the elements, from sea and fire
To
lead theme on; they conquered all desire
With
passion ever-new. Adventure's flame
Was
scaled upon their souls that did aspire
And
reached up to the transient face of fame.
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