{"id":119701,"date":"2023-05-04T11:12:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T16:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=119701"},"modified":"2023-05-04T11:13:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T16:13:05","slug":"dorothy-parkers-rondeau-redouble-and-scarcely-worth-the-trouble-at-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=119701","title":{"rendered":"Dorothy Parker\u2019s Rondeau Redoubl\u00e9 (and Scarcely Worth the Trouble, at That)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=119701\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=119701\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-119702 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Dorothy-300x180.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Dorothy-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Dorothy.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Karen Beishuizen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>The same to me are sombre days and gay.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Though joyous dawns the rosy morn, and bright,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Because my dearest love is gone away<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Within my heart is melancholy night.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>My heart beats low in loneliness, despite<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>That riotous Summer holds the earth in sway.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>In cerements my spirit is bedight;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>The same to me are sombre days and gay.<!--more--><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Though breezes in the rippling grasses play,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>And waves dash high and far in glorious might,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>I thrill no longer to the sparkling day,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Though joyous dawns the rosy morn, and bright.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Ungraceful seems to me the swallow&#8217;s flight;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>As well might Heaven&#8217;s blue be sullen gray;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>My soul discerns no beauty in their sight<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Because my dearest love is gone away.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Let roses fling afar their crimson spray,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>And virgin daisies splash the fields with white,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Let bloom the poppy hotly as it may,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Within my heart is melancholy night.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>And this, oh love, my pitiable plight<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Whenever from my circling arms you stray;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>This little world of mine has lost its light &#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>I hope to God, my dear, that you can say<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>The same to me.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; 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Though joyous dawns the rosy morn, and bright, Because my dearest love is gone away Within my heart is melancholy night. My heart beats low in loneliness, despite That riotous Summer holds the earth in sway. 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