Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ABSENCE IN SPRING, by PIERRE DE RONSARD Poet's Biography First Line: What boots it me to see this verdure fair Last Line: Her who doth hold my life and death in hers. Subject(s): Absence; Death; Life; Spring; Wind; Winter; Separation; Isolation; Dead, The | ||||||||
WHAT boots it me to see this verdure fair That laughs along the fields -- to hear the call Of birdlings, and the purling waterfall, And Spring-time winds that woo the murmurous air, When she that woundeth me, yet hath no care Of how my pains increase, comes not at all And hides the brightness of her eyes withal, Twin stars, that fed my heart with heavenly fare. I had far rather keep old Winter's cold; For Winter doth less aptly aid Love's charms Than Spring-time months, that are Love's Summoners Yet make me hate myself, who cannot hold In this fair month of April in my arms Her who doth hold my life and death in hers. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND RETURN OF SPRING by PIERRE DE RONSARD |
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