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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FETES GALANTES: LES INDOLENTS, by PAUL VERLAINE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Bah! Spite of fate, that says us nay Last Line: Ha! Ha! Ha! What fantastic lovers! | |||
Bah! spite of Fate, that says us nay, Suppose we die together, eh? -- A rare conclusion you discover! -- What's rare is good. Let us die so, Like lovers in Boccaccio. -- Ha! ha! ha! you fantastic lover! -- Nay, not fantastic. If you will, Fond, surely irreproachable. Suppose, then, that we die together? -- Good sir, your jests are fitlier told Than when you speak of love or gold. Why speak at all, in this glad weather? Whereat, behold them once again, Tircis beside his Dorimene, Not far from two blithe rustic rovers, For some caprice of idle breath Deferring a delicious death. Ha! ha! ha! what fantastic lovers! | 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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