Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAMP AND THE GUITAR, by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My love, she lives in salamanca Last Line: Copy luisalove all spain! Alternate Author Name(s): Q; Quiller-couch, A. T. Subject(s): Sparrows; Women | ||||||||
MY love, she lives in Salamanca All up a dozen flights of stairs; There with the sparrows night and morning Under the roof she chirps her prayers. They say her wisdom comes from heaven So near the clouds and chimneys meet I rather think Luisa's sparrows Fetch it aloft there from the street! What would you have? In la Verdura All the day long she keeps a stall: Students, bachelors buy her nosegays, Given with a look andwell that's all! King of her love, with no Prime Minister, Lord of an attic blithe I'd reign, But ay de mi! from here to Finisterre Pretty Luisa loves all Spain. Pretty Luisa's democratic: Every peseta wears its crown. What is it worth to rent an attic If on the world you don't look down? Go, silly boy, believe you first with her Twenty at once she'll entertain. Why love a mistress and be curst with her? Copy Luisalove all Spain! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV SAGE COUNSEL by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH |
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