Psyche's Remniscence©

Searing that dear shoulder
Thou Fateful drop of oil,
Cursed insatiate curiosity!
My golden idyll'd spoil.

Thousand folded splendor
Countless luxuries above
Carried there by the wind
Borne on the arms of my Love.

Lived 'midst splendid riches
Beauteous their every grace,
What use those gaudy baubles?
Knew not e'en my lover's face!

Once, just once, only once
This once just let me see
Who this glorious stranger
Now dearer than life for me.

A moment's halting faltering
Alas murderous drop of oil!
And my most precious encounter
Dank distrust, suspicion'd spoil!

Through this world and nether world
Tenfold torture underwent,
Task after task heaped on
Losing him my only torment.

Let Venus unleash her royal rage,
Pain and peril my path entwine,
Repentant moved on relentless,
Knew sure he would be mine.

Was it my that plight mov'd him?
I don't care, had no plaint to say
Joy unparalleled pain exquisite
Let my love carry me forever away

Thankful forever am I to you,
Thou blessed drop of oil!
Never'd I've known the passion,
Nor found a Love worth all toil