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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LAYS OF FRANCE: SONG (1), by MARIE DE FRANCE Poet's Biography First Line: O love, where is the bed we made Last Line: —let us go back once more! Alternate Author Name(s): Shaftesbury, Marie, Abbess Of Subject(s): Love; Sin | |||
O Love, where is the bed we made In scented wood-ways for sweet sin? The sun was with us and the shade; The warm blue covered us in: All men their curse on us had laid— Finding had slain us both therein; But, summer with us, not afraid Were we to love and sin. O Love, the crushed place is quite fair; Leaves have sprung back and flowers grown there; The blithe trees no long record bore; The flown bird knoweth no more; The hard one never found our lair;— We are not slain, Love,—we are fair, And love, ay, as we loved before: —Let us go back once more! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEVEN STREAMS OF NEVIS by GALWAY KINNELL CHANEL NO. 5 by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BROTHERS: 4. IN MY OWN DEFENSE by LUCILLE CLIFTON |
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