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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HERE IS MUSIC: VILLANELLE, by AUSTIN PHILIPS
First Line: I would not be a boy again
Last Line: For castle situate in spain.
Subject(s): Aging; Love - Loss Of; Solitude; Youth; Loneliness
First Line: I would not be a boy again
Last Line: For castle situate in spain.
Subject(s): Aging; Love - Loss Of; Solitude; Youth; Loneliness
I WOULD not be a boy again,
Nor woo Romance, nor yearn nor sigh
For castle situate in Spain,
Nor, pris'ner, walk in Love's strait chain,
Nor chase Chimaerae cruel, shy...
I would not be a boy again.
Embosom'd serpent, source of pain,
I shun, nor seek, 'neath shimmering sky,
For castle situate in Spain.
No more black locks shall be my bane,
Nor dusky cheeks, nor darkling eye ...
I would not be a boy again.
To-day I glance with dour disdain
On Cupid, neither seek nor spy
For castle situate in Spain.
Grown realist—his chamberlain
No more—I live in liberty ...
I would not be a boy again.
Yet, God forgive me! false and vain
My speech. Sad simpleton, I cry
For castle situate in Spain.
Since, seeing you, trick'd, trapped and ta'en,
Within my very teeth I lie!
A boy indeed, sad fool, fierce-fain
For castle situate in Spain.
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