Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MADRIGAL, by STANISLAUS JEAN DE BOUFFLERS First Line: When first before me she appeared Last Line: I never would have loved at all. | ||||||||
WHEN first before me she appeared, Her beauty well I saw; but that alone. But when her speech I heard, How she was more than fair was known, Her charms I praise, but more her mind approve, But never thought my soul she would enthral. Had I foreseen how deeply I should love, I never would have loved at all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BROKEN PITCHER by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN SMOKING SPIRITUALIZED by RALPH ERSKINE THE VOYAGE by CAROLINE ATHERTON BRIGGS MASON FALSTAFF'S SONG by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN |
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