The Dream Poem by Aphra Behn

The Dream

Rating: 3.1


All trembling in my arms Aminta lay,
Defending of the bliss I strove to take;
Raising my rapture by her kind delay,
Her force so charming was and weak.
The soft resistance did betray the grant,
While I pressed on the heaven of my desires;
Her rising breasts with nimbler motions pant;
Her dying eyes assume new fires.
Now to the height of languishment she grows,
And still her looks new charms put on;
– Now the last mystery of Love she knows,
We sigh, and kiss: I waked, and all was done.

`Twas but a dream, yet by my heart I knew,
Which still was panting, part of it was true:
Oh how I strove the rest to have believed;
Ashamed and angry to be undeceived!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Manonton Dalan 01 May 2011

very smooth, a melody

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Edward Kofi Louis 09 October 2016

The soft resistance did betrayed the grant. Thanks for sharing.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 09 October 2016

Marvellous presentation.

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Anil Kumar Panda 09 October 2016

Very nice. Like to read it again and again. Thanks for sharing.

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Rebecca Navarre 09 October 2016

Tearful Beauty! Bittersweet...

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Surbhi Gupta 09 October 2016

Beautiful! :)

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Mizzy ........ 09 October 2016

Lovely dream written with great skill.......

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Ramesh T A 09 October 2016

Passion in dream grows palpitation of heart even when comes out of the spell of dream!

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Ratnakar Mandlik 09 October 2016

A poem with superb rhyme and rhythm as also with a captivating dream. Thanks for sharing it here.

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