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Lysander

November 30, 2014
By JossyRose DIAMOND, Tampa, Florida
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Go ahead, judge me. Just remember to be perfect the rest of your life.

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Though temptrest of thy mourning's glow

Shining through to light the morrow

Of the glistening tear upon thy cheek

From a youth's crystal eyes they leak

A golden beauty's vanity

Gnarled and twisted by insanity

A life so bless'd, now befallen

Upon a child, breaking and sullen

She stares upon the cracked rock head

Mourning for that which she thinks is dead

If his demise was your cause

Wrapprd in envy's sinful gauze

I ask that if this bloodshed's true

That your wrath be wrought upon her too

© Xiao H., Naperville, IL

The author's comments:

This is based on my favorite Shakespeare play, A Midsummer Night's Dream when Hermia believes Lysander is dead at the hands of Demitrius.

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