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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAINTE MARGERIE, by ANONYMOUS First Line: Slim feet than lilies tenderer Last Line: C'est ca sainte margerie Subject(s): Love;saints;soul | |||
SLIM feet than lilies tenderer, -- Margerie! That scarce upbore the body of her, Naked upon the stones they were; -- C'est ca Sainte Margerie! White as a shroud the silken gown, -- Margerie! That flowed from shoulder to ankle down, With clear blue shadows along it thrown; C'est ca Sainte Margerie! On back and bosom withouten braid, -- Margerie! In crisped glory of darkling red, Round creamy temples her hair was shed; -- C'est ca Sainte Margerie! Eyes, like a dim sea, viewed from far, -- Margerie! Lips that no earthly love shall mar, More sweet that lips of mortals are; -- C'est ca Sainte Margerie! The chamber walls are cracked and bare; -- Margerie! Without the gossips stood astare At men her bed away that bare; -- C'est ca Sainte Margerie! Five pennies lay her hand within, -- Margerie! So she her fair soul's weal might win, Little she reck'd of dule or teen; -- C'est ca Sainte Margerie! Dank straw from dunghill gathered, -- Margerie! Where fragrant swine have made their bed, Thereon her body shall be laid; -- C'est ca Sainte Margerie! Three pennies to the poor in dole, -- Margerie! One to the clerk her knell shall toll, And one to masses for her soul; -- C'est ca Sainte Margerie! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CRUEL FALCON by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE WHOLE SOUL by PHILIP LEVINE I KNOW MY SOUL by CLAUDE MCKAY HONORING THE SAND; IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH CAMPBELL by ROBERT BLY THE CHINESE PEAKS; FOR DONALD HALL by ROBERT BLY THE LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF THE EXHUMATION by ANNE CARSON TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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