Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MADRIGAL, by STANISLAUS JEAN DE BOUFFLERS First Line: When first before me she appeared Last Line: I never would have loved at all. | ||||||||
WHEN first before me she appeared, Her beauty well I saw; but that alone. But when her speech I heard, How she was more than fair was known, Her charms I praise, but more her mind approve, But never thought my soul she would enthral. Had I foreseen how deeply I should love, I never would have loved at all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VOICES OF THE NIGHT: PRELUDE by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. BENJAMIN PANTIER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS ONE PERSON: 16 by ELINOR WYLIE MUSIC; AND THE SAVAGE BREAST by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE GENTLE CHECK by JOSEPH BEAUMONT SONG OF SOLOMON 2: 10-13. SPRING by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE INSCRIPTION IN NETHER STOREY CHURCH IN MEMORY OF RICHARD CAMPLIN by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES |
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