Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OF HIS LADY'S OLD AGE, by PIERRE DE RONSARD Poet's Biography First Line: When you are very old, at evening Last Line: And gather roses, while 'tis called to-day. Subject(s): Hearts; Love | ||||||||
WHEN you are very old, at evening You'll sit and spin beside the fire, and say, Humming my songs, "Ah, well, ah well-a-day. When I was young, of me did Ronsard sing." None of your maidens that doth hear the thing. Albeit with her weary task foredone, But wakens at my name, and calls you one Blest, to be held in long remembering. I shall be low beneath the earth, and laid On sleep, a phantom in the myrtle shade, While you beside the fire, a grandame gray, My love, your pride, remember and regret; Ah, love me, love, we may be happy yet, And gather roses, while 'tis called to-day. | 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 RETURN OF SPRING by PIERRE DE RONSARD |
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