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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO ADOLPHE GAIFFE, by THEODORE FAULLAIN DE BANVILLE Poet's Biography First Line: Young man free from melancholy Last Line: Words! Words! Come gather roses. Subject(s): Flowers; Roses; Spring; Wisdom; Youth | |||
Young man free from melancholy, Fair as an Italian sky, Keep the freshness of your folly, It is wisdom. To love wine, Beauty, and the spring divine, Is enough. The rest pass by. Smile, e'en at a bitter fate! Springtime comes if you but wait: Pluck its flowers for your glass. When your hour shall come to pass What is left? The golden day Of your loving-time in May. "Seek cause and effect," they say. What gloomy dreams the thought discloses! Words! words! Come gather roses. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE WARS by ROBERT HASS THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES ALONG WITH YOUTH by ERNEST HEMINGWAY THE BLACK RIVIERA by MARK JARMAN AT FONT-GEORGES by THEODORE FAULLAIN DE BANVILLE BALLADE OF THE FOREST HAUNTERS by THEODORE FAULLAIN DE BANVILLE |
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