Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET SEQUENCE: 2, by CONDE BENOIST PALLEN Poet's Biography First Line: Love never jests, though in his words at times Last Line: For love allegiance owes and pays alone to thee. Subject(s): Love - Nature Of | ||||||||
Love never jests, though in his words at times He seems to laugh in folly's motley mood, And like a fool makes merry with stale rhymes To jangle down the plaints of solitude. Alas! his mirth is but a mask to hide The gnawing fire that 'neath this mummery glows; Though all seem fair upon the outward side, Within there dwell a host of warring woes. Despair with pallid front now seeks to drive Hope from the citadel, who fain would stay; And so these two in war contending strive, While gentle Love stands trembling at the fray: Come thou, fair Queen, and end this cruelty, For Love allegiance owes and pays alone to thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RESCUE THE DEAD by DAVID IGNATOW BUTTERFLIES UNDER PERSIMMON by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 27 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 30 by JAMES JOYCE HE WHO KNOWS LOVE by ELSA BARKER LOVE'S HUMBLENESS by ELSA BARKER SONG (IN THE LUCKY CHANCE) by APHRA BEHN A FABLE FOR LYDIA by CONDE BENOIST PALLEN |
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