Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MOURNING DOVE, by PIERRE DE RONSARD Poet's Biography First Line: What art thou saying, doing, pensive dove Last Line: "to die or live unchanging lovers true." Subject(s): Absence; Death; Doves; Life; Love; Nature; Separation; Isolation; Dead, The | ||||||||
"WHAT art thou saying, doing, pensive dove, Upon that withered tree?" "Ah, friend, I moan." "Why moanest thou?" "Because my mate is gone, Dearer than life." "Why left she this fair grove?" "A fowler, through the cruel craft he wove, Limed her and slew, since when I mourn alone And chide harsh Death that took my cherished one Yet would not slay me with her, my true love." "And art thou fain to die and join thy mate?" "Do I not languish in this darksome wood Forever by regret of her pursued?" "O gentle birdlings, happy is your fate! Nature herself in love hath nurtured you To die or live unchanging lovers true." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND RETURN OF SPRING by PIERRE DE RONSARD |
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