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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VILLANELLE, by JEAN PASSERAT Poet's Biography First Line: I have lost my turtle fleet Last Line: After her I fayne would beat. Subject(s): Death; Love - Loss Of; Dead, The | |||
I HAVE lost my turtle fleet: Is that her owne voice blowne bye? After her I fayne would beat. Dost thou sorrowe for thy sweet? Soe, alack-a-daye, do I! I have lost my turtle fleet. If thy love hath constant heat, Soe my faith burns steadily: After her I fayne would beat. Doth thy mournful playnte repeat? Even soe I heave my sighe: I have lost my turtle fleet. Since noe more my love I meet, Nothynge lovely I espy: After her I fayne would beat. Death whom daily I entreat, Take thyne owne and let me die: I have lost my turtle fleet, After her I fayne would beat. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND MY TURTLEDOVE IS FLOWN by JEAN PASSERAT |
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