Love

Two Love-Locks

by Théophile Gautier 1811–1872

Translated by Agnes Lee (1903) · From Émaux et Camées (1852–1872)

Love

Reviving languorous dreaming
Of conquered, conquering eye,
Upon thy forehead gleaming,
Two fairest love-locks lie.

I see them softly nesting,
Of wondrous, golden sheen,
Like little wheels come resting
From car of Mab the Queen;

Or bows of Cupid ready
To let the arrows fly,
Bent circlewise and steady
For archer's mastery.

One heart have I of passion.
Yet two love-locks are thine!
O brow of fickle fashion!
Whose heart is caught with mine?

MLA

Gautier, Théophile. “Two Love-Locks.” Translated by Agnes Lee. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gautier/34/.

Chicago

Gautier, Théophile. “Two Love-Locks.” Translated by Agnes Lee. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gautier/34/.

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