Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FANTASY, by GERARD LABRUNIE Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: There is an air for which I'd give all else Last Line: In that remembered other life I had. Alternate Author Name(s): Nerval, Gerard De Subject(s): Fantasy; Music & Musicians; Reincarnation; Transmigration; Pretas | ||||||||
THERE is an air for which I'd give all else That Mozart, Weber, or Rossini wrote, An old air full of languid, mournful spells That moves me only by its charm remote. And every time I hear its music heave My soul grows young again 'neath Louis Treize, Two hundred years ago ... I see at eve A fair green slope whereon the sunbeams blaze; And then a red-brick castle cornice-bound In stone, with crimson gleaming from the lead, Engirdled by great parks, and moat-enwound With flowery waters by a river fed. And then a lady at a window high, Blond-haired, black-eyed, in olden garments clad ... Perchance I saw her in long time gone by In that remembered other life I had. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PINSK AFTER DARK by ALLEN GINSBERG TRANSFORMATIONS by THOMAS HARDY PRE-EXISTENCE by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE ETERNITY by GRACE GRISWOLD BISBY REINCARNATION by ALICE CHURCHILL CHAPHE UNREGENERATE by JACQUELINE EMBRY SECOND LIFE by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE |
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