Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A COURT-MINSTREL, by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS First Line: I dreamed I was a virginal Last Line: Tis time I was a-musicking! Alternate Author Name(s): Marzials, Theo; Marzials, Theophile Jules Henri Subject(s): Dreams; Hearts; Love; Minstrels; Nightmares | ||||||||
I dreamed I was a virginal, -- The gilt one of Saint Cecily's; Her fingers, like sweet cordial, Went rilling and running along my keys; And round us, with their thin gold rings Above their heads, and clear calm eyes Brimming with strange pure hungerings, The angels listen'd wondering-wise, And press'd their white palms 'thwart the strings, To still their trembling psalteries. I woke, Parde, with a lute in hand, (My lady's the court courtesan!) I'd slept, awaiting her command, For I'm My Lady's minstrel-man; And 'tis my task in the arbour-ring, Or at her chamber door, to wait, And music light to make and sing, And hearts with pleasure to inflate In time to the soft whispering Her lovers woo her with till late; To-night she sups my lord the King, 'Tis time I was a-musicking! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS A FRAGMENT by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS |
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