Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FETES GALANTES: L'ALEE, by PAUL VERLAINE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As in the age of shepherd king and queen Last Line: The slightly simpering sparkle of the eye. | ||||||||
As in the age of shepherd king and queen, Painted and frail amid her nodding bows, Under the sombre branches, and between The green and mossy garden-ways she goes, With little mincing airs one keeps to pet A darling and provoking perroquet. Her long-trained robe is blue, the fan she holds With fluent fingers girt with heavy rings, So vaguely hints of vague erotic things That her eye smiles, musing among its folds. -- Blonde too, a tiny nose, a rosy mouth, Artful as that sly patch that makes more sly, In her divine unconscious pride of youth, The slightly simpering sparkle of the eye. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANOTHER SONG WITHOUT WORDS by PAUL VERLAINE CHANSON D'AUTOMNE by PAUL VERLAINE COLLOQUE SENTIMENTAL by PAUL VERLAINE FETES GALANTES: PANYOMIME by PAUL VERLAINE FETES GALANTES: ROMANCES SANS PAROLE, SELECTION by PAUL VERLAINE |
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