\nLet us make haste, depart ; she will not dance.
\nLet us quaff our drinks and move to France.
\nShe would not pluck the fruit from off the vine,
\nNor help our Bacchanal one step advance.
\nHow humourless she is! like hemlock wine ;
\nYea, though we poured a thousand ants into her pants,
\n She would not dance.\n<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n…\n<\/p>\n
\nThe original that inspired my “imitation” is, naturally:\n<\/p>\n
\nLet us go hence, my songs ; she will not hear.
\nLet us go hence together without fear ;
\nKeep silence now, for singing-time is over,
\nAnd over all old things and all things dear.
\nShe loves not you nor me as all we love her.
\nYea, though we sang as angels in her ear,
\n She would not hear.\n<\/p>\n
\nLet us rise up and part ; she will not know.
\nLet us go seaward as the great winds go,
\nFull of blown sand and foam ; what help is here ?
\nThere is no help, for all these things are so,
\nAnd all the world is bitter as a tear.
\nAnd how these things are, though ye strove to show,
\n She would not know.\n<\/p>\n
\nLet us go home and hence ; she will not weep.
\nWe gave love many dreams and days to keep,
\nFlowers without scent, and fruits that would not grow,
\nSaying, ‘ If thou wilt, thrust in thy sickle and reap.’
\nAll is reaped now ; no grass is left to mow ;
\nAnd we that sowed, though all we fell on sleep,
\n She would not weep.\n<\/p>\n
\nLet us go hence and rest ; she will not love.
\nShe shall not hear us if we sing hereof,
\nNor see love’s ways, how sore they are and steep.
\nCome hence, let be, lie still ; it is enough.
\nLove is a barren sea, bitter and deep ;
\nAnd though she saw all heaven in flower above,
\n She would not love.\n<\/p>\n
\nLet us give up, go down ; she will not care.
\nThough all the stars made gold of all the air,
\nAnd the sea moving saw before it move
\nOne moon-flower making all the foam-flowers fair ;
\nThough all those waves went over us, and drove
\nDeep down the stifling lips and drowning hair,
\n She would not care.\n<\/p>\n
\nLet us go hence, go hence; she will not see.
\nSing all once more together ; surely she,
\nShe too, remembering days and words that were,
\nWill turn a little toward us, sighing ; but we,
\nWe are hence, we are gone, as though we had not been there.
\nNay, and though all men seeing had pity on me,
\n She would not see.\n<\/p>\n
Let us make haste, depart ; she will not dance. Let us quaff our drinks and move to France. She would not pluck the fruit from off the vine, Nor help our Bacchanal one step advance. How humourless she is! like hemlock wine ; Yea, though we poured a thousand ants into her pants, She […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhoke.name\/oldblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhoke.name\/oldblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhoke.name\/oldblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhoke.name\/oldblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhoke.name\/oldblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhoke.name\/oldblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhoke.name\/oldblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhoke.name\/oldblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhoke.name\/oldblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}