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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FETES GALANTES: L'ALEE, by PAUL VERLAINE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As in the age of shepherd king and queen Last Line: The slightly simpering sparkle of the eye. | |||
As in the age of shepherd king and queen, Painted and frail amid her nodding bows, Under the sombre branches, and between The green and mossy garden-ways she goes, With little mincing airs one keeps to pet A darling and provoking perroquet. Her long-trained robe is blue, the fan she holds With fluent fingers girt with heavy rings, So vaguely hints of vague erotic things That her eye smiles, musing among its folds. -- Blonde too, a tiny nose, a rosy mouth, Artful as that sly patch that makes more sly, In her divine unconscious pride of youth, The slightly simpering sparkle of the eye. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...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 ANOTHER SONG WITHOUT WORDS by PAUL VERLAINE |
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