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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ONCE UPON A TIME, by W. L. WERNER First Line: I am in love with a foreign word, / jadis Last Line: Loudly I'm singing to banish reason, jadis! Alternate Author Name(s): Jacob Subject(s): Middle Ages; Past; Medieval History; Medieval Civilization; Medieval Literature | |||
I am in love with a foreign word, Jadis; All the heroic deeds occurred Jadis. Knights in the tournaments battled with lances Under the fairest of ladies' glances; Those were the days of the old romances, Jadis. Yet even in mediaeval lays Jadis, Troubadours sang of heroic days Jadis. So ever to face the doom that's coming Villain and serf in the dark kept humming -- Yea, even the king set his minstrel strumming Jadis. Now I in my turn make songs of a time Jadis; Evil my days, but I start my rhyme Jadis. Well do I know there was never a season Free from despair and doubt and treason; Loudly I'm singing to banish reason, Jadis! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CLOCK IN THE TOWER OF THE CHURCH by RANDALL JARRELL CHATEAU PAPINEAU by SUSAN FRANCES HARRISON ON THE SALE OF MY FARM by ROBERT FROST TWO IN THE CAMPAGNA by ROBERT BROWNING AULD LANG SYNE by ROBERT BURNS ON MUSIC by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE LIGHT OF STARS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW A GARDEN SPOT by PRINGLE BARRET |
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