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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A FRENCH SONG IMITATED, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poet's Biography
First Line: Why thus from the plain does thy shepherdess rove
Last Line: When I leave all the plain, you may guess 'tis for one.
Subject(s): Death; Grief; Love; Singing & Singers; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: Why thus from the plain does thy shepherdess rove
Last Line: When I leave all the plain, you may guess 'tis for one.
Subject(s): Death; Grief; Love; Singing & Singers; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness
WHY thus from the plain does thy shepherdess rove,
Forsaking her swain, and neglecting his love!
You have heard all my grief, you see how I die,
Oh! give some relief to the swain whom you fly.
How can you complain, or what am I to say,
Since my dog lies unfed, and my sheep run astray!
Need I tell what I mean, that I languish alone,
When I leave all the plain, you may guess 'tis for one.
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