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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MADRIGAL: THE RESTLESS LOVER, by FRANCISCO GOMEZ DE QUEVEDO Y VILLEGAS Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: The birds to wanton in the air desire Last Line: Cannot the fire which burns my heart allay. Alternate Author Name(s): Quevedo, Francisco Gomez De; Quevedo, Francisco De | |||
THE birds to wanton in the air desire; The Salamander sports himself in fire; The fish in water plays; and of the earth, Man ever takes possession at his birth. Only unhappy I, who born to grieve, In all these Elements at once do live -- Grief does with air of sighs my mouth supply, My wretched body on cold earth does lie, The streams which from mine eyes flow night and day, Cannot the fire which burns my heart allay. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROME BURIED IN HER RUINS by FRANCISCO GOMEZ DE QUEVEDO Y VILLEGAS THE FLY by FRANCISCO GOMEZ DE QUEVEDO Y VILLEGAS TO ROME; BURIED IN ITS RUINS by FRANCISCO GOMEZ DE QUEVEDO Y VILLEGAS CORRESPONDENCES; HEXAMETERS AND PENTAMETERS by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH A LOVE LETTER by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR EVENING HYMN by REGINALD HEBER THE RAZOR-SELLER by JOHN WOLCOTT ON THE DEATH OF WALLER by APHRA BEHN TO SIMPLICITY by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS TAKE YOUR CHOICE: NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY WOULD SPEAK ... THIS MANNER by BERTON BRALEY |
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