Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, L'ENVOI, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON


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L'ENVOI, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Do you remember how the sun
Last Line: And I am mrs. Brown.
Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs.
Subject(s): Love; Love - Marital; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love


Do you remember how the sun
Went shimmering across the dew
That day when May was just begun
And all of life and love were new?
A gypsy lad and lass we ran
Through field and wood, can you forget
That day when you were Aucassin
And I was Nicollette?

And then the wonder of that night
When the white moon went up the sky,
And we two promised by its light
The faith and love that could not die.
By stern parental laws beset,
I think we quite enjoyed our woe,
That night when I was Juliet
And you were Romeo.

To-night we meet again -- we two;
Great are the comedies of life.
I chaperone my daughter -- you
Yawn while you wait and watch your wife.
I smile serenely at your frown,
You slumber while we drive uptown,
To-night, when you are Mr. Brown
And I am Mrs. Brown.





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