Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOUJOURS AMOUR, by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Prithee tell me, dimple-chin Last Line: "ask some older sage than I!" Variant Title(s): Love Is Always Here Subject(s): Dimples; Love | ||||||||
PRITHEE tell me, Dimple-Chin, At what age doth love begin? Your blue eyes have scarcely seen Summers three, my fairy queen, But a miracle of sweets, Soft approaches, sly retreats, Show the little archer there, Hidden in your pretty hair; When didst learn a heart to win? Prithee tell me, Dimple-Chin! "Oh!" the rosy lips reply, "I can't tell you if I try. 'Tis so long I can't remember: Ask some younger lass than I!" Tell, O tell me, Grizzled-Face, Do your heart and head keep pace? When does hoary Love expire, When do frosts put out the fire? Can its embers burn below All that chill December snow? Care you still soft hands to press, Bonny heads to smooth and bless? When does Love give up the chase? Tell, O tell me, Grizzled-Face? "Ah!" the wise old lips reply, "Youth may pass, and strength may die; But of Love I can't foretoken: Ask some older sage than I!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A MOTHER'S PICTURE by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN |
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