"The Bridal Nightmare
Nightmare in whose arctic wings
Lifelong I unmoving lie
Folded at your cold heart I sleep
Outside in uncharity.
Bridal nightmare, sheeted, stained,
Broken, now, is that vain idol
Bespoken bridegroom I beside.
That cracked cup, an empty heart
Fell away and, from my hand,
Slipped lie and poison on my pillow,
Lie lifelong here at my left side,
Unspeaking and unspoken bride
For every side we lie beside
Satisfies and is satisfied.
Unbridled nightmare, day bedfellow,
I am my nightmare, awake, asleep;
Creep out, creep out, cold man, and comfort
The wrongs where they weep!"
