THE YOUTH AMONG THE LILIES.

In the voluptuous Room of Lilies, made

As a deaf ear by the unhealthy shade

Of vinous tapestry wherein ferments

The sunset, drunk with Church and censer scents

The dying Dauphin, with his woman's slow

Eyes, sees at his feet the ermine snow

Of the hushed carpet, and the oriel's slit

Sifting a trembling glimmer on to it

Of lying lilacs and of faery roses,

And the pale youth his heavy lids uncloses

And sees upon the heaven's crimson rim

Women whose lifted breasts call unto him.

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