If one is familiar with George Gordon, Lord Byron's life and oeuvre as a poet then one will be able to appreciate the ironies of this sonnet, which I accordingly title as "Lord Byron's Improbable Lament."
untouched and virgin, in the age to come;
but the age came and left until my woe
o'er vestal love lost filled up my autumn.
Heartbroken, I have not a princess met
or maiden girl with whom to spend a night
of ardent love (woe! 'Twas best to forget
my heart's once foolish hope for such delight.).
Unstained by sin, naïve and innocent
and spoiled by decadence not in the least;
I cast'd aside my youth's salacious bent
and shunned my lusts as if I were some priest.
Now old and bootless, I've ne'er known desire
or pierced the flower of a nymph on fire.
Sonnet by Ngoc Nguyen
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Written on 2019-05-29 at 22:41
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Lord Byron's Improbable Lament
I longed for a love pure like driven snow,untouched and virgin, in the age to come;
but the age came and left until my woe
o'er vestal love lost filled up my autumn.
Heartbroken, I have not a princess met
or maiden girl with whom to spend a night
of ardent love (woe! 'Twas best to forget
my heart's once foolish hope for such delight.).
Unstained by sin, naïve and innocent
and spoiled by decadence not in the least;
I cast'd aside my youth's salacious bent
and shunned my lusts as if I were some priest.
Now old and bootless, I've ne'er known desire
or pierced the flower of a nymph on fire.
Sonnet by Ngoc Nguyen
Read 860 times
Written on 2019-05-29 at 22:41
Tags Life Poetry Love
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