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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EL DESDICHADO, by GERARD LABRUNIE Poet's Biography First Line: I am the dark, the widowed, the disconsolate Last Line: Melusine's cries against the moaning of the saint. Alternate Author Name(s): Nerval, Gerard De Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Grief; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Sorrow; Sadness | |||
I am the dark, the widowed, the disconsolate. I am the prince of Aquitaine whose tower is down. My only star is dead, and star-configurate my lute wears Melancholy's mark, a blackened sun. Here in the midnight of the grave, give back, of late my consolation, Pausilippe, the Italian sea, with that flower so sweet once to my desolate heart, and the trellis where the vine and rose are one. Am I Love? Am I Phoebus, Biron, Lusignan? Crimson the queen's kiss blazes still upon my face. The siren's naked cave has been my dreaming place. Twice have I forced the crossing of the Acheron and played on Orpheus' lyre in alternate complaint Melusine's cries against the moaning of the Saint. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE |
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