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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FETES GALANTES: PANYOMIME, by PAUL VERLAINE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Pierrot, no sentimental swain Last Line: And in her heart a voice that sighs. Subject(s): Pantomime | |||
Pierrot, no sentimental swain, Washes a pate down again With furtive flagons, white and red. Cassandre, to chasten his content, Greets with a tear of sentiment His nephew disinherited. That blackguard of a Harlequin Pirouettes, and plots to win His Columbine that flits and flies. Columbine dreams, and starts to find A sad heart sighing in the wind, And in her heart a voice that sighs. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest... |
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