Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR A PICTURE OF WATTEAU, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here the vague winds have rest Last Line: It is the end, the end. Subject(s): Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) | ||||||||
Here the vague winds have rest; The forest breathes in sleep, Lifting a quiet breast; It is the hour of rest. How summer glides away! An autumn pallor blooms Upon the cheek of day. Come, lovers, come away! But here, where dead leaves fall Upon the grass, what strains, Languidly musical, Mournfully rise and fall? Light loves that woke with spring This autumn afternoon Beholds meandering, Still, to the strains of spring. Your dancing feet are faint, Lovers: the air recedes Into a sighing plaint, Faint, as your loves are faint. It is the end, the end, The dance of love's decease. Feign no more now, fair friend! It is the end, the end. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EMBARKATION FOR CYTHERA by DAVID FERRY L'INDIFFERENT; WATTEAU; THE LOUVRE by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY THE SHOES THAT DANCED by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH AFTER WATTEAU by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON GOLDFISH (ESSENCE OF SUMMER MAGAZINES): 2. EMBARQUEMENT POUR CYTHERE by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT EMBARKATION FOR CYTHERA by DAVID FERRY WATTEAU, A DREAM by EMILE NELLIGAN NERVES by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS |
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