Ballade Mystique Poem by Clive Staples Lewis
Ballade Mystique
The big, red-house is bare and lone
The stony garden waste and sere
With blight of breezes ocean blown
To pinch the wakening of the year;
My kindly friends with busy cheer
My wretchedness could plainly show.
They tell me I am lonely here—
What do they know? What do they know?
They think that while the gables moan
And easements creak in winter drear
I should be piteously alone
Without the speech of comrades dear;
And friendly for my sake they fear,
It grieves them thinking of me so
While all their happy life is near—
What do they know? What do they know?
That I have seen the Dagda’s throne
In sunny lands without a tear
And found a forest all my own
To ward with magic shield and spear,
Where, through the stately towers I rear
For my desire, around me go
Immortal shapes of beauty clear:
They do not know, they do not know.
L’ENVOI
The friends I have without a peer
Beyond the western ocean’s glow,
Whither the faerie galleys steer,
They do not know: how should they know?
one of things this poem speaks to is the difference between solitude and loneliness. we—or many of us—need solitude. and many of us need it to imagine and create. -gk
For my desire, around me go Immortal shapes of beauty clear.' Beautifully crafted deserving of poem of the day.
Brilliant expression has been made by Clive Staples Lewis. Beautiful poem.
Mysteries associated with solitude and one loving it, marvelously unfolded. A well deserved classic poem of the day/
'What do they know? What do they know? ' - Our friends and peers, however close to us, may not actually know what goes on inside us. An excellent poem to read and recite aloud. Love the mystique elements of the poem. Congratulations to the poet on his poem's selection as the 'Poem of the Day'!
Very well crafted piece with a touch of loneliness so finely woven to make it outstanding 10+++
For my desire, around me go Immortal shapes of beauty clear: They do not know, they do not know. a very fine poem. tony
An amazing enigmatic recitation of this work brings up my spine. I love the pure depth of its expressiveness.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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One of my absolute favourite writers. I will read anything written by him! Thanks, Poem Hunter, for choosing him for Poem of the Day.