Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE DAUGHTERS OF THE KING OF SPAIN, by PAUL FORT



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THE DAUGHTERS OF THE KING OF SPAIN, by                    
First Line: Earth and horizons round
Last Line: Alas!
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Daughters; Love; Singing & Singers; Spain; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Songs


Earth and horizons round.
Sky where three doves are found.
Sea. Fleecy lambs that bound.
War. Cannon thunder-toned.
Love lies asleep. . . .

Inside my father's close, grows a sweet olive tree. Spain's royal daughters fair
they lie beneath it there.

Alas!

I love the one who loves me, O gay, gay, gay, I've a heart so gay! I love the
one who loves me, O gay, gay, gay, I've a heart so gay! The bells of Love are
chiming deep, sound, sound, myriad sound. Earth and horizons round. Love lies
asleep. . . .

Spain's royal daughters fair they lie beneath it there, they lie beneath it
there. "Look," said the eldest one. "Sisters, the day's begun."

Alas!

I love the one who loves me, O gay, gay, gay, I've a heart so gay! I love the
one who loves me, O gay, gay, gay, I've a heart so gay! The god of Love his
paean shakes, sound, sound, sound. Sky where three doves are found. Sweet love
awakes. . . .

"Look," said the eldest one. "Sisters, the day's begun. Sisters, the day's
begun." The second said, "Ah me! Where can our lovers be?"

Alas!

I love the one who loves me, O gay, gay, gay, I've a heart so gay! I love the
one who loves me, O gay, gay, gay, I've a heart so gay! The god of Love his
paean shakes, sound, sound, sound, myriad sound. Sea. Fleecy lambs that bound.
Sweet love awakes. . . .

The second said, "Ah me! Where can our lovers be? Where can our lovers be?" The
youngest, she is dead, in love's felicity.

Alas!

I love the one who loves me, O gay, gay, gay, I've a heart so gay! I love the
one who loves me, O gay, gay, gay, I've a heart so gay! The bells of Love are
chiming deep. Sound, sound, myriad sound. War. Cannon thunder-toned. Love lies
asleep. . . .

Earth and horizons round.
Sky where three doves are found.
Sea. Fleecy lambs that bound.
War. Cannon thunder-toned.
Love lies asleep. . . .
Alas!





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