Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VILLANELLE OF HIS LADY'S TREASURES, by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I took her dainty eyes, as well Last Line: And so I made a villanelle. | ||||||||
I TOOK her dainty eyes, as well As silken tendrils of her hair: And so I made a Villanelle! I took her voice, a silver bell, As clear as song, as soft as prayer; I took her dainty eyes as well. It may be, said I, who can tell, These things shall be my less despair? And so I made a Villanelle! I took her whiteness virginal And from her cheek two roses rare: I took her dainty eyes as well. I said: "It may be possible Her image from my heart to tear!" And so I made a Villanelle. I stole her laugh, most musical: I wrought it in with artful care; I took her dainty eyes as well; And so I made a Villanelle. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...O MORS! QUAM AMARA EST MEMORIA TUA HOMINI PACEM HABENTI by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON TO ONE IN BEDLAM by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON A CORONAL; WITH HIS SONGS AND HER DAYS TO HIS LADY & TO LOVE by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON A LAST WORD by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON A REQUIEM by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON A SONG by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON A VALEDICTION by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON AD DOMNULAM SUAM by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON AD MANUS PUELLAE; FOR LEONARD SMITHERS by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON AMANTIUM IRAE by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON |
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