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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BAD WORKMAN, by JACQUES ANATOLE FRANCOIS THIBAULT Poet's Biography First Line: Master laurent coster, with poetry in his heart Last Line: Through looking in your dark eyes overlong. Alternate Author Name(s): France, Anatole Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Solitude; Work; Workers; Loneliness | |||
Master Laurent Coster, with poetry in his heart, Left his companions who, from morn to night, Born vintners, made the boards of the wine-press start— And Coster dreaming followed his fancy's flight. For he loved the demon Aspasia with all his soul. Sometimes he'd sit upon his bench at church And see in the fumes above the incense bowl The Woman of Hell who was his only search. Or else alone at the brink of a mossy well, Clasping the hands no labor could impel, He'd hark forever to her siren song. ... And I, as well, can neither work nor pray; I am like Coster, a laborer astray Through looking in your dark eyes overlong. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES A ROMAN SENATOR by JACQUES ANATOLE FRANCOIS THIBAULT |
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