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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PROLOGUE TO 'ESSAYS IN OLD FRENCH FORMS', by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: As, to the pipe, with rythmic feet
Last Line: And seem to say -- vos plaudite!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets - French
First Line: As, to the pipe, with rythmic feet
Last Line: And seem to say -- vos plaudite!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets - French
'They are a school to win
The fair French daughter to learn English in;
And, graced with her song,
To make the language sweet upon her tongue.'
BEN JONSON, Underwoods.
As, to the pipe, with rhythmic feet
In windings of some old-world dance,
The smiling couples cross and meet,
Join hands, and then in line advance,
So, to these fair old tunes of France,
Through all their maze of to and fro,
The light-heeled numbers laughing go,
Retreat, return, and ere they flee,
One moment pause in panting row,
And seem to say -- Vos plaudite!
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