Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POET'S GIFT, by PIERRE DE RONSARD Poet's Biography First Line: That century to century may tell Last Line: Of earth, so long as pens and books endure. Subject(s): Beauty; Death; Gifts & Giving; Love; Poetry & Poets; Time; Dead, The | ||||||||
THAT century to century may tell The perfect love Ronsard once bore to you, How he was reason-reft for love of you And thought it freedom in your chains to dwell; That age on age posterity full well May know my veins were filled with beauty of you And that my heart's one wish was only you, I bring for gift to you this immortelle. Long will it live in freshness of its prime. And you shall live, through me, long after death -- So can the well-skilled lover conquer Time, Who loving you all virtue followeth. Like Laura, you shall live the cynosure Of earth, so long as pens and books endure. | 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 RETURN OF SPRING by PIERRE DE RONSARD |
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