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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MADRIGAL: THE RESTLESS LOVER, by FRANCISCO GOMEZ DE QUEVEDO Y VILLEGAS Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: The birds to wanton in the air desire Last Line: Cannot the fire which burns my heart allay. Alternate Author Name(s): Quevedo, Francisco Gomez De; Quevedo, Francisco De | |||
THE birds to wanton in the air desire; The Salamander sports himself in fire; The fish in water plays; and of the earth, Man ever takes possession at his birth. Only unhappy I, who born to grieve, In all these Elements at once do live -- Grief does with air of sighs my mouth supply, My wretched body on cold earth does lie, The streams which from mine eyes flow night and day, Cannot the fire which burns my heart allay. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROME BURIED IN HER RUINS by FRANCISCO GOMEZ DE QUEVEDO Y VILLEGAS THE FLY by FRANCISCO GOMEZ DE QUEVEDO Y VILLEGAS TO ROME; BURIED IN ITS RUINS by FRANCISCO GOMEZ DE QUEVEDO Y VILLEGAS THE BLACK RUNNER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE WOUNDED CUPID. SONG by ANACREON TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE EASTER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES LINCOLN by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL TO A SKYLARK (1) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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