Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BAGATELLE, by JAMES G. BURNETT First Line: A bagatelle! Ah, mistress prue Last Line: A bagatelle. Subject(s): Love - Unrequited | ||||||||
A BAGATELLE! Ah, Mistress Prue, So gaily laughing all life through, You call it that, the flower you fling Lightly aside, the song you sing, The fan, the glove no longer new. But to your careless eyes of blue A bow, a heart that's fond and true, Is, like your glove, that worthless thing A bagatelle. While I who prize your glove, your shoe, The rose that o'er your lips you drew, Hold worthless spring's fresh blossoming, Hold worthless life's whole offering, Because my love is but to you A bagatelle. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON TUTTO E SCIOLTO by JAMES JOYCE APPULDURCOMBE PARK by AMY LOWELL TALE OF THE MAYOR'S SON by GLYN MAXWELL ELEGY FOR AN ENEMY by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ESSAY ON WHAT I THINK ABOUT MOST by ANNE CARSON THE RIVER-MERCHANT'S WIFE: A LETTER by LI PO |
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