Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PICTURE AND A PLEA, by PIERRE DE RONSARD Poet's Biography First Line: Sometimes, your head a little downward bent Last Line: And bear sufficing witness of my love. Subject(s): Eyes; Love; Silence; Soul; Tears; Voices | ||||||||
SOMETIMES, your head a little downward bent, I see you play at gossip with your thought, Sitting apart, alone, as though you sought To shun the world and live in banishment. Then oft I would approach, in dear intent To greet you -- but my voice, straightway distraught With panic fear, behind my lips is caught, And silence leaves me standing shamed and shent. Mine eyes do fear to meet the beams of thine, My soul doth tremble neath those rays divine, Nor tongue nor voice can to its function move. Only my sighs, only my tear-stained face Must do their office, speaking in their place, And bear sufficing witness of my love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VOICES OF THE AIR by KATHERINE MANSFIELD FIVE EASY POEMS; FOR ANNE-MARIE ALBIACH: 4 (MEZZA VOICE) by MICHAEL PALMER A SINGING VOICE by KENNETH REXROTH A VOICE FROM THE SWEAT-SHOPS (A HYMN WITH RESPONSES) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER RETURN OF SPRING by PIERRE DE RONSARD |
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