Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTER WATTEAU, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Embarquons-nous!' I seem to go Last Line: Embarquons-nous!' Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Subject(s): Art & Artists; Paintings & Painters; Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) | ||||||||
(TO F. W.) 'EMBARQUONS-NOUS!' I seem to go Against my will. 'Neath alleys low I bend, and hear across the air -- Across the stream -- faint music rare, -- Whose 'cornemuse,' whose 'chalumeau'? Hark! was not that a laugh I know? Who was it, hurrying, turned to show The galley swinging by the stair? -- 'Embarquons-nous!' The silk sail flaps, light breezes blow; Frail laces flutter, satins flow; You, with the love-knot in your hair, 'Allons, embarquons pour Cythere'; You will not? Press her, then, PIERROT, -- 'Embarquons-nous!' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EMBARKATION FOR CYTHERA by DAVID FERRY L'INDIFFERENT; WATTEAU; THE LOUVRE by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY THE SHOES THAT DANCED by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH FOR A PICTURE OF WATTEAU by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS GOLDFISH (ESSENCE OF SUMMER MAGAZINES): 2. EMBARQUEMENT POUR CYTHERE by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT EMBARKATION FOR CYTHERA by DAVID FERRY WATTEAU, A DREAM by EMILE NELLIGAN A FANCY FROM FONTENELLE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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