Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BALLADS AND CANTILENAS: THE QUEEN AND THE KING, by PAUL FORT


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BALLADS AND CANTILENAS: THE QUEEN AND THE KING, by                    
First Line: My master dear, my king, dost thou know how much they love, my
Last Line: Weathercocks where the wind pipes all day!
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Love; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens


-- My master dear, my king, dost thou know how much they love, my breast, these
arms that cling, these violet eyes above?

My mouth tells to the wind what to thee it dares not tell. Thou hast taken me to
laugh, and to weep and groan as well.

-- O queen of lineage high, no more content, impart to the wind that is not I,
for the wind torments its heart,

the quest at time that mocks. And all the tale betray to my grey towers'
weathercocks where the wind pipes all day!





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