tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66204587198995868012011-04-21T18:21:21.746-07:00Rolf-Peternoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620458719899586801.post-86646680311699552102007-03-02T04:06:00.000-08:002007-04-27T09:24:35.048-07:00<span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">(dedicated to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Gesualdo">Carlo Gesualdo</a>)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Farewell, adieu, my distant Love…<br />Time’s fool is cruel, grim and rough.<br />Oh, bitter tears I dropped, my dear<br />Sweet withered rose of yesteryear.<br /><br />Adieu, my dear. Blessed be Thy skull!<br />Life is so shabby, short and dull.<br />And often do I kneel and pray<br />To Thee, pure pearl of yesterday.<br /><br />Farewell, my Love, my Lady brave.<br />Accept Thy fate, Thy quiet grave.<br />I lead a quaint, a saintly life.<br />I threw away that bloody knife.</span><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">by <a href="http://www.wille.blogspot.com">Rolf-Peter Wille</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">"time's fool": an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory">allegory</a> used by Shakespeare in his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnet_116">Sonnet 116</a>; something like the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(personification)">grim reaper</a>"</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6620458719899586801-8664668031169955210?l=courtly-love.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rolf-Peternoreply@blogger.com0