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MALVOLIO, by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Poet's Biography
First Line: Thou hast been very tender to the moon
Last Line: Divorce between the nightingale and thee.
First Line: Thou hast been very tender to the moon
Last Line: Divorce between the nightingale and thee.
Thou hast been very tender to the moon,
Malvolio! and on many a daffodil
And many a daisy hast thou yearn'd, until
The nether jaw quiver'd with thy good heart.
But tell me now, Malvolio, tell me true,
Hast thou not sometimes driven from their play
The village children, when they came too near
Thy study, if hit ball rais'd shouts around,
Or if delusive trap shook off thy muse,
Pregnant with wonders for another age?
Hast thou sat still and patient (tho' sore prest
Hearthward to stoop and warm thy blue-nail'd hand)
Lest thou shouldst frighten from a frosty fare
The speckled thrush, raising his bill aloft
To swallow the red berry on the ash
By thy white window, three short paces off?
If this thou hast not done, and hast done that,
I do exile thee from the moon twelve whole
Calendar months, debarring thee from use
Of rose, bud, blossom, odour, simile,
And furthermore I do hereby pronounce
Divorce between the nightingale and thee.
Other Poems of Interest...
A FOREIGN RULER by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
A PROPHECY by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
CHILDREN by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
CORINNA TO TANAGRA, FROM ATHENS by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
DEATH OF THE DAY by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
DEATH STANDS ABOVE ME by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
DYING SPEECH OF AN OLD PHILOSOPHER by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
HEART'S-EASE by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
IMMORTALITY [OR, VERSE] by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
IPHIGENEIA AND AGAMEMNON, FR. THE HELLENICS by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR