Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, VILLANELLE, by RICHARD MOUNT


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VILLANELLE, by                    
First Line: I wonder, will the guelder-roses bloom
Last Line: When you and I have heard the trump of doom.
Subject(s): Flowers; Love; Roses


I wonder, will the guelder-roses bloom
Here in this garden where the moon is bright,
When you and I have heard the trump of doom
And faded into dusk like the perfume
Forgotten flowers dropped in their swift flight?
I wonder will the guelder-roses bloom

And stifle with their fragrance this sweet gloom
Where we have walked and tasted of delight,
When you and I have heard the trump of doom?

Ah, love, when we no longer may resume
The sweet old ways, how will the gods requite,
I wonder? Will the guelder-roses bloom?

And will you still from your neglected tomb
In spirit tend them, glorying in their sight,
When you and I have heard the trump of doom?

Already, dearest, you and I like spume
Are falling back into the sea tonight.
It is tonight the guelder-roses bloom!

So kiss me, dear! Kiss me, and from this height
Forget the world will last beyond tonight,
Nor wonder will the guelder-roses bloom
When you and I have heard the trump of doom.





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