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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by ALFRED DE MUSSET Poet's Biography First Line: I said to my heart, to my restless heart Last Line: "but makes the pains of the past more dear!" Subject(s): Beauty; Healing; Melodies; Cures | |||
I said to my heart, to my restless heart: "Love one—one only—nor seek to part: "The love that wanders from flower to flower "Wastes in stray fancies each blissful hour." But my heart replied: "For my Paradise "Eve's self—Eve only—would scarce suffice: "To change one's love with the changing year "But makes the joys of the Past more dear." I said to my heart, to my wayward heart: "What charm can lie in each varied smart? "The love that ever delights to range "But finds fresh sorrow in each fresh change." But my heart replied to me: "Manhood scorns "To pluck sweet roses devoid of thorns: "To change one's love with the changing year "But makes the pains of the Past more dear!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ONE VOLUME MISSING by RITA DOVE READING HOLDERLIN ON THE PATIO WITH THE AID OF A DICTIONARY by RITA DOVE BANGLA DESH: 2. THE BLOOD IN MY EYES by FAIZ AHMED FAIZ VACATION: CALIFORNIA COAST by ALBERT GOLDBARTH FOR MY DAUGHTER by DAVID IGNATOW FOR MY MOTHER ILL by DAVID IGNATOW WITH THE DOOR OPEN by DAVID IGNATOW NOTHING WILL CURE THE SICK LION BUT TO EAT AN APE' by MARIANNE MOORE A DEAD WOMAN by ALFRED DE MUSSET |
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