Love
Song: Hark! hark!
From Translations
Hark! hark!
Pretty lark!
Little heedest thou my pain!
But if to these longing arms
Pitying Love would yield the charms
Of the fair
With smiling air,
Blithe would beat my heart again.
Hark! hark!
Pretty lark!
Little heedest thou my pain!
Love may force me still to bear,
While he lists, consuming care;
But in anguish
Though I languish,
Faithful shall my heart remain.
Hark! hark!
Pretty lark!
Little heedest thou my pain!
Then cease, Love, to torment me so;
But rather than all thoughts forego
Of the fair
With flaxen hair,
Give me back her frowns again.
Hark! hark!
Pretty lark!
Little heedest thou my pain!
Codex Note
Translated by Longfellow from the French (original author not named in the source)
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MLA
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Song: Hark! hark!” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/391/.
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Song: Hark! hark!” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/391/.
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