Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JE NE VEUX DE PERSONNE AUPRES DE MA TRISTESSE, by HENRI FRANCOIS JOSEPH DE REGNIER Poet's Biography First Line: Say, sweet, my grief and I, we may not brook Last Line: Must hear that whisper when his hour has come. Subject(s): Hearts; Love | ||||||||
SAY, sweet, my grief and I, we may not brook Even your light footfall, even your shy look, Even your light hand that touches carelessly The faded ribbon in the closed-up book. Let be; my door is closed for this one day, Nor may morn's freshness through my window stray; My heart is a guest-chamber, and awaits Sorrow, a sweet shy guest from far away. Shyly it comes from its far distant home, O keep a silence lest its voice be dumb; For every man that lives and laughs and loves Must hear that whisper when his hour has come. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A LESSER ODE by HENRI FRANCOIS JOSEPH DE REGNIER |
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