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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FETES GALANTES: PANYOMIME, by PAUL VERLAINE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Pierrot, no sentimental swain Last Line: And in her heart a voice that sighs. Subject(s): Pantomime | |||
Pierrot, no sentimental swain, Washes a pate down again With furtive flagons, white and red. Cassandre, to chasten his content, Greets with a tear of sentiment His nephew disinherited. That blackguard of a Harlequin Pirouettes, and plots to win His Columbine that flits and flies. Columbine dreams, and starts to find A sad heart sighing in the wind, And in her heart a voice that sighs. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FIRST PANTOMIME by JOHN HEWITT ROSE AND THE RING by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY SHORT CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME by UNKNOWN O HEARKEN THE SO GENTLE PLAINT by PAUL VERLAINE OH SAD, SAD WAS MY SOUL by PAUL VERLAINE TEARS FALL IN MY HEART by PAUL VERLAINE THE WHITE MOON by PAUL VERLAINE A BAD SLEEPER by PAUL VERLAINE A FORGOTTEN TUNE by PAUL VERLAINE AN EXCHANGE OF FEELINGS by PAUL VERLAINE |
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