Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEL M'ES QUAN LO VENS M'ALENA, by ARNAUT DANIEL First Line: Softly sighs the april air Last Line: I could nevermore go wrong. Subject(s): Hearts; Love; Spring | ||||||||
SOFTLY sighs the April air, Ere the coming of the May; Of the tranquil night aware, Murmur nightingale and jay; Then, when dewy dawn doth rise, Every bird in his own tongue Wakes his mate with happy cries; All their joy abroad is flung. Gladness, lo! is everywhere When the first leaf sees the day; And shall I alone despair, Turning from sweet love away? Something to my heart replies, Thou too wast for rapture strung; Wherefore else the dreams that rise Round thee when the year is young? One, than Helen yet more fair, Loveliest blossom of the May, Rose-tints hath and sunny hair, And a gracious mien and gay; Heart that scorneth all disguise, Lips where pearls of truth are hung, God, who gives all sovereignties, Knows her like was never sung. Though she lead through long despair, I would never say her nay, If one kissreward how rare! Each new trial might repay. Swift returns I'd then devise, Many labors, but not long. Following so fair a prize I could nevermore go wrong. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FLOWER BOAT by ROBERT FROST |
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