Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REGRET, FOR MARY STUART'S DEPARTURE, by PIERRE DE RONSARD Poet's Biography First Line: If spangled fields should lose their every flower Last Line: To end my days. Subject(s): France; Loss; Mary, Queen Of Scots (1542-1587); Singing & Singers; Mary Stuart | ||||||||
IF spangled fields should lose their every flower, And woods their leaves; If heaven should lose the stars that are its dower, The sea its waves, A palace proud, the glory of its king, Its pearl, a ring, These would be like to France, that now has lost Your beauty bright, Her flower, her precious pearl, her glory and boast, Her star, her light. . . . Scotland, I would that thou like Delos free Couldst wander far Nor e'er behold thy bright Queen from the sea Rise like a star; Till wearied with pursuit, she seek again Her own Touraine. Then should my lips o'erflow with songs, my tongue Thrill with her praise, Till like the swan my sweetest notes were sung To end my days. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALAS! POOR QUEEN by MARION ANGUS MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS by HENRY GLASSFORD BELL THE DAUGHTER OF DEBATE by ELIZABETH I THE TRAGIC MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS: 1 by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY LAMENT OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, ON THE APPROACH OF SPRING by ROBERT BURNS QUEEN MARY AT FOTHERINGAY by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR ON LOCH LEVEN by CHRISTIAN CARSTAIRS ON THE EXECUTION OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON RETURN OF SPRING by PIERRE DE RONSARD |
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