Elouise and Abelard: A Tale of Early Promise and Struggle

Elouise and Abelard. <br />An early promise marked and scarred. <br />Beset by shame and low regard. <br />Elouise and Abelard. <br /> <br />Abelard and Elouise. <br />Rising stars of catholic creeds. <br />Prayed so long upon their knees. <br />Abelard and Elouise. <br /> <br />Elouise and Abelard. <br />Met with mind and fierce heart. <br />Of witty joust and pointed dart. <br />Elouise and Abelard. <br /> <br />Abelard and Elouise. <br />In holy orders, lock and keys. <br />The games fate played to mock and tease. <br />Abelard and Elouise. <br /> <br />Elouise and Abelard. <br />Twix't monk and nun, a romance starts. <br />But once begun, soon torn apart. <br />Elouise and Abelard. <br /> <br />Abelard and Elouise. <br />Gripped by passion like disease. <br />Fevers flushed by icy freeze. <br />Abelard and Elouise. <br /> <br />Elouise and Abelard. <br />Hid their love from zealot guards. <br />A ruined vessel smashed to shards. <br />Elouise and Abelard. <br /> <br />Abelard and Elouise. <br />Despite their pious, earnest pleas. <br />Left to stew by slow degrees. <br />Abelard and Elouise. <br /> <br />Elouise and Abelard. <br />Can trace disgrace on map or chart. <br />The distance 'tween castrated parts. <br />Elouise and Abelard. <br /> <br />Abelard and Elouise. <br />Could see the forest, not the trees. <br />Dismissed the love of birds and bees. <br />Abelard and Elouise. <br /> <br />Elouise and Abelard. <br />Undone by envy's cold canard. <br />The prince of peace, the joker's card. <br />Elouise and Abelard. <br /> <br />Abelard and Elouise. <br />The sterile martyr's sculptured frieze. <br />To artists, ciphers inspire and please. <br />Abelard and Elouise. <br /> <br />Elouise and Abelard. <br />Endorsed by Poesy's mystic bard. <br />For life was cruel and love was hard. <br />Elouise and Abelard.<br /><br />Dave SmithWhite<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/elouise-and-abelard/