VILLANELLE, why art thou mute? Hath the singer ceased to sing? Hath the Master lost his lute? Many a pipe and scrannel flute On the breeze their discords fling; Villanelle, why art @3thou@1 mute? Sound of tumult and dispute, Noise of war the echoes bring; Hath the Master lost his lute? Once he sang of bud and shoot In the season of the Spring; Villanelle, why art thou mute? Fading leaf and falling fruit Say, "The year is on the wing, Hath the Master lost his lute?" Ere the axe lie at the root, Ere the winter come as king, Villanelle, why art thou mute? Hath the Master lost his lute? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LILY IN CRYSTAL by ROBERT HERRICK DOLCINO TO MARGARET by CHARLES KINGSLEY THE VACANT CAGE (1) by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER A PRAYER by HENRY MAXIMILIAN BEERBOHM AN EPISTLE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) SECOND EPISTLE TO DAVIE by ROBERT BURNS |