Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904. | | | | I. Disappointment in Love | | Fidelity in Doubt | | Guiraud Le Roux (1110–1147) |
| | From the French by Harriet Waters Preston
COME, lady, to my song incline, | |
| The last that shall assail thine ear. | |
| None other cares my strains to hear, | |
| And scarce thou feign’st thyself therewith delighted! | |
| Nor know I well if I am loved or slighted; | 5 |
| But this I know, thou radiant one and sweet, | |
| That, loved or spurned, I die before thy feet! | |
| Yea, I will yield this life of mine | |
| In every deed, if cause appear, | |
| Without another boon to cheer. | 10 |
| Honor it is to be by thee incited | |
| To any deed; and I, when most benighted | |
| By doubt, remind me that times change and fleet, | |
| And brave men still do their occasion meet. | | | | |
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