<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358667" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Zudora</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Here on the pale beach, in the darkness; <br>With the full moon just to rise; <br>They sit alone, and look over the sea, <br>Or into each other's eyes. . .</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She pokes her parasol into the sleepy sand, <br>Or sifts the lazy whiteness through her hand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'A lovely night,' he says, 'the moon, <br>Comes up for you and me. <br>Just like a blind old spotlight there, <br>Fizzing across the sea!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She pays no heed, nor even turns her head: <br>He slides his arm around her waist instead.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Why don't we do a sketch together-- <br>Those songs you sing are swell. <br>Where did you get them, anyway? <br>They suit you awfully well.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She will not turn to him--will not resist. <br>Impassive, she submits to being kissed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'My husband wrote all four of them. <br>You know,--my husband drowned. <br>He was always sickly, soon depressed. . .' <br>But still she hears the sound</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Of a stateroom door shut hard, and footsteps going <br>Swiftly and steadily, and the dark sea flowing.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She hears the dark sea flowing, and sees his eyes <br>Hollow with disenchantment, sick surprise,--</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And hate of her whom he had loved too well. . . <br>She lowers her eyes, demurely prods a shell.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Yes. We might do an act together. <br>That would be very nice.' <br>He kisses her passionately, and thinks <br>She's carnal, but cold as ice.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Conrad+Potter+Aiken">Conrad Potter Aiken</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358667" data-title="Zudora de Conrad Potter Aiken" data-description="Here on the pale beach, in the darkness; With the full moon just to rise; They sit alone, and look over the sea, Or into each other's eyes. . . She pokes her parasol into the sleepy sand, Or sifts the lazy whiteness through her hand. 'A love..."></div> </div> </div>

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