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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE THE TEACHER AND INSPIRER, by PIERRE DE RONSARD Poet's Biography
First Line: I dragged my life along with sullen sighs
Last Line: Tis you that do it, you that work in me.
Subject(s): Eyes; Life; Love; Teaching & Teachers
First Line: I dragged my life along with sullen sighs
Last Line: Tis you that do it, you that work in me.
Subject(s): Eyes; Life; Love; Teaching & Teachers
I DRAGGED my life along with sullen sighs
In heaviness of body and of soul,
Knowing not yet the Muse's high control
And honor that she brings her votaries,
Until the hour I loved you. Then your eyes
Became my guide to lead to virtue's goal,
Where I might win that knowledge fair and whole
Which by true loving makes men nobly wise.
O love, my all, if aught of good I do,
If worthily of your dear eyes I write,
You are the cause, yours is the potency.
My perfect grace comes ever but from you,
You are my spirit! If I work aright,
'Tis you that do it, you that work in me.
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