Versos English Louis Vintras Shadows

English poem

Shadows

by (1864–1934)

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From the towering opal globes, in the street, the crude white light streams down On him, blue-eyed, on her, with hair like a flaming golden crown: His cigarette glows to a crimson star as he slowly paces, While, beside him, the woman smiling, shivers in her silks and laces.