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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VILLANELLE: AU RETOUR DU PRINTEMPS, by PHILIP SCHUYLER ALLEN First Line: Thro' the forest deep comes a maiden fair Last Line: Thoughtless and happy and free from care. Subject(s): Happiness; Joy; Delight | |||
THRO' the forest deep comes a maiden fair, Bright as the morning, rosy as dawn, Thoughtless and happy and free from care. Her eyes are clear as the azure air, Light is her tread as the startled fawn, Thro' the forest deep comes a maiden fair. All lies joyless and chill and bare, Save in the path where she has gone, Thoughtless and happy and free from care. Sparkling and glinting her sun-kissed hair Ripples about her in waves of tawn, Thro' the forest deep comes a maiden fair. Joyous and lovely beyond compare, Brightness onward with her is dawn, Thoughtless and happy and free from care. Roaming about in the sun's bright glare, By limpid stream, o'er velvety lawn, Thro' the forest deep comes a maiden fair, Thoughtless and happy and free from care. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE STUDY OF HAPPINESS by KENNETH KOCH SO MUCH HAPPINESS by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE CROWD CONDITIONS by JOHN ASHBERY I WILL NOT BE CLAIMED by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#21): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN'S HAPPINESS by MARVIN BELL ON A TUFT OF GRASS by EMMA LAZARUS |
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