Poems (Taylor)/Dialogue

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DIALOGUE
I.
Ghost Without: Dost thou remember? Thy window-pane is lit; What music under it  Stings thro' the wind and rain? She Within: Oh! Clad in cloth-of-gold, Crowned like a queen of old,  Have I to do with pain?Why should I remember?
II.
Ghost: Dost thou remember? For it is All Souls' Eve, Poor soul that could not cleave,  Poor craven Convertite,— ​
 She:Ah! Here the Bridegroom's kiss,  Perfume of ambergris,  Braziers of silver light! Why should I remember?
II.
Ghost:Dost thou remember No colour of the Past?— She:Its beauty hath me fast.  Beneath mine eyes quaint kohl, Far sound of silver bells Within my voice of spells,  Faint sweetness in my soul,It is. Do I remember?
IV.
Ghost:Dost thou remember The love, the pain, the sin?— ​ She:O far-off violin,  Spare now to vex and pierce. What epithalamies Of mockery are these?  His eyes are kind as tears.I will not remember!
V.
Ghost:Dost thou remember The long strange kisses given Beneath a rose-pale heaven?—  My mouth is purple yet, She:Like to a grape new-pressed, A wound upon the breast.—  How then may I forget?And so I must remember!
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VI.
Ghost:Dost thou remember The glory and the guilt, The magic moonlight spilt  Between the aspens wet?— She:Out to the rain and wind I come, for I can find  No place where to forget.God, how I remember!
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