Time & Brevity
Love's Lesson
Translated by Curtis Hidden Page (1903) · From Songs and Sonnets of Pierre de Ronsard (1903)
Time & Brevity
The moon each month is blenched
Brighter to rise;
But once life's light is quenched,
Then shall our eyes
Long sleep be taking,
With no awaking.
Then kiss me, while we live
Above the ground!
A thousand kisses give —
Love knows no bound.
To His divinity
Belongs infinity.
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MLA
Ronsard, Pierre de. “Love's Lesson.” Translated by Curtis Hidden Page. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ronsard/37/.
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Ronsard, Pierre de. “Love's Lesson.” Translated by Curtis Hidden Page. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ronsard/37/.
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