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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONFESSION, by CHARLES D'ORLEANS Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: My ghostly fadir [or, fader, father], I me confess Last Line: First to god and then to you. Alternate Author Name(s): D'orleans, Duc; Orleans, Charles Of Variant Title(s): Confession Of A Stolen Kiss;rondeau;the Lover's Confession | |||
Gostly fader, I me confesse, First to God and then to you, That at a window -- wot ye how? -- I stale a cosse of grete sweteness, Which don was out aviseness; But hit is doon not undoon now. My gostly fader, I me confesse, First to God and then to you. But I restore it shall doubtless Agein, if so be that I mow; And that to God I make a vow And elles I axe foryefness. y gostly fader, I me confesse, First to God and then to you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COUSIN NANCY by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT JINNY THE JUST by MATTHEW PRIOR WINTER RAIN by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS' by SARA TEASDALE THE LOST CHILD by ST. CLAIR ADAMS LYSISTRATA: HOW THE WOMEN WILL STOP WAR by ARISTOPHANES THE FROGS: AN 'AESCHYLEAN' CHORUS by ARISTOPHANES LEMNISCUS AD COLUMNAM S. SIMEONIS STYLITAE APPENSUS by JOSEPH BEAUMONT |
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