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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PROMENADES AND INTERIORS, SELECTION, by FRANCOIS COPPEE
First Line: I am writing near the lamp. It's fine weather. Pleasant stillness
Last Line: Mother, blessèd among all women may you be!
Subject(s): Cold; Memory; October; Weather; Writing & Writers
First Line: I am writing near the lamp. It's fine weather. Pleasant stillness
Last Line: Mother, blessèd among all women may you be!
Subject(s): Cold; Memory; October; Weather; Writing & Writers
I am writing near the lamp. It's fine weather. Pleasant stillness.
In her black dress, tiny in the great armchair,
Tranquil at the fireside, my mother is there.
She's thinking, no doubt, of the dreadful illness
That sent me away last winter—but without much worry,
For I'm sensible, and stay indoors when there's a flurry.
And then, remembering that an October night
Can grow cold without any warning, suddenly,
She puts a log where the hearth is flaming bright. ...
Mother, blessèd among all women may you be!
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