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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IMPROMPTU, by FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: You say you're glad I write - oh, say not so!
Last Line: To me, it flows a sullen stream of tears.
Alternate Author Name(s): Butler, Frances Anne; Kemble, Fanny
Subject(s): Grief; Poetry & Poets; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: You say you're glad I write - oh, say not so!
Last Line: To me, it flows a sullen stream of tears.
Alternate Author Name(s): Butler, Frances Anne; Kemble, Fanny
Subject(s): Grief; Poetry & Poets; Sorrow; Sadness
You say you're glad I write -- oh, say not so!
My fount of song, dear friend, 's a bitter well;
And when the numbers freely from it flow,
'Tis that my heart, and eyes, o'erflow as well.
Castalia, fam'd of yore, -- the spring divine,
Apollo's smile upon its current wears:
Moore and Anacreon, found its waves were wine,
To me, it flows a sullen stream of tears.
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