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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FANTASIA, by GERARD LABRUNIE Poet's Biography First Line: There is an air for which I fain would give Last Line: I knew, and even now I seem to know. Alternate Author Name(s): Nerval, Gerard De | |||
THERE is an air for which I fain would give All that Mozart, Rossini, Weber wrote; An ancient air with sad funcreal note, In which for me do secret raptures live. Each time I hear it, by two hundred years My soul seems to grow younger; 'tis the reign Of Louis the thirteenth:--Outstretched appears A hill, which sunset's golden glories stain. A brick-built mansion next, adorned with stone, Its windows all with ruby colours glowing Amid wide parks, which a broad river own, Washing its feet through grass and flowers flowing. At her high lattice is a lady seen; Fair with black eyes, in garb of long ago, Whom in some prior life it may have been I knew, and even now I seem to know. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN OLD TUNE by GERARD LABRUNIE EL DESDICHADO by GERARD LABRUNIE EL DESDICHADO by GERARD LABRUNIE |
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