Le Balcon (the Balcony) Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Le Balcon (the Balcony) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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Le Balcon	A
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M re des souvenirs ma tresse des ma tresses	B
toi tous mes plaisirs toi tous mes devoirs	B
Tu te rappelleras la beaut des caresses	B
La douceur du foyer et le charme des soirs	B
M re des souvenirs ma tresse des ma tresses	B
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Les soirs illumin s par l'ardeur du charbon	A
Et les soirs au balcon voil s de vapeurs roses	B
Que ton sein m' tait doux que ton coeur m' tait bon	A
Nous avons dit souvent d'imp rissables choses	B
Les soirs illumines par l'ardeur du charbon	A
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Que les soleils sont beaux dans les chaudes soir es	B
Que l'espace est profond que le coeur est puissant	C
En me penchant vers toi reine des ador es	B
Je croyais respirer le parfum de ton sang	D
Que les soleils sont beaux dans les chaudes soir es	B
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La nuit s' paississait ainsi qu'une cloison	A
Et mes yeux dans le noir devinaient tes prunelles	B
Et je buvais ton souffle douceur poison	A
Et tes pieds s'endormaient dans mes mains fraternelles	B
La nuit s' paississait ainsi qu'une cloison	A
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Je sais l'art d' voquer les minutes heureuses	B
Et revis mon pass blotti dans tes genoux	B
Car quoi bon chercher tes beaut s langoureuses	B
Ailleurs qu'en ton cher corps et qu'en ton coeur si doux	B
Je sais l'art d' voquer les minutes heureuses	B
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Ces serments ces parfums ces baisers infinis	B
Rena tront ils d'un gouffre interdit nos sondes	B
Comme montent au ciel les soleils rajeunis	B
Apr s s' tre lav s au fond des mers profondes	B
serments parfums baisers infinis	B
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The Balcony	A
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Mother of memories mistress of mistresses	B
O you all my pleasure O you all my duty	A
You'll remember the sweetness of our caresses	B
The peace of the fireside the charm of the evenings	B
Mother of memories mistress of mistresses	B
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The evenings lighted by the glow of the coals	B
The evenings on the balcony veiled with rose mist	C
How soft your breast was to me how kind was your heart	C
We often said imperishable things	B
The evenings lighted by the glow of the coals	B
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How splendid the sunsets are on warm evenings	B
How deep space is how potent is the heart	C
In bending over you queen of adored women	A
I thought I breathed the perfume in your blood	C
How splendid the sunsets are on warm evenings	B
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The night was growing dense like an encircling wall	E
My eyes in the darkness felt the fire of your gaze	B
And I drank in your breath O sweetness O poison	A
And your feet nestled soft in my brotherly hands	B
The night was growing dense like an encircling wall	E
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I know the art of evoking happy moments	B
And live again our past my head laid on your knees	B
For what's the good of seeking your languid beauty	A
Elsewhere than in your dear body and gentle heart	C
I know the art of evoking happy moments	B
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Those vows those perfumes those infinite kisses	B
Will they be reborn from a gulf we may not sound	C
As rejuvenated suns rise in the heavens	B
After being bathed in the depths of deep seas	B
O vows O perfumes O infinite kisses	B
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Translated by William Aggeler	F
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The Balcony	A
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Mother of memories queen of paramours	B
Yourself are all my pleasure all my duty	A
You will recall caresses that were yours	B
And fireside evenings in their warmth and beauty	A
Mother of memories queen of paramours	B
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On eves illumined by the light of coal	G
The balcony beneath a rose veiled sky	H
Your breast how soft Your heart how good and whole	G
We spoke eternal things that cannot die	H
On eves illumined by the light of coal	G
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How splendid sets the sun of a warm evening	I
How deep is space the heart how full of power	F
When queen of the adored towards you leaning	I
I breathed the perfume of your blood in flower	F
How splendid sets the sun of a warm evening	I
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The evening like an alcove seemed to thicken	A
And as my eyes astrologised your own	A
Drinking your breath I felt sweet poisons quicken	A
And in my hands your feet slept still as stone	A
The evening like an alcove seemed to thicken	A
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I know how to resuscitate dead minutes	B
I see my past its face hid in your knees	B
How can I seek your languorous charm save in its	B
Own source your heart and body formed to please	B
I know how to resuscitate dead minutes	B
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These vows these perfumes and these countless kisses	B
Reborn from gulfs that we could never sound	C
Will they like suns once bathed in those abysses	B
Rejuvenated from the deep rebound	C
These vows these perfumes and these countless kisses	B
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Translated by Roy Campbell	J
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The Balcony	A
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Inspirer of my youth mistress beyond compare	F
You who were all my pleasures all my hopes and dreams	B
Do you recall our cheerful room our evenings there	F
Quiet and passionate Like yesterday it seems	B
Inspirer of my youth mistress beyond compare	F
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The evenings lighted by the hushed flame of the coal	G
The warm rose misted twilights in the early springs	B
The balcony How I adored you body and soul	G
And darling we have said imperishable things	B
The evenings lighted by the hushed flame of the coal	G
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How splendid were the long slow summer sunsets too	C
How large the world appeared to us How strong and good	C
Life ran then in our veins When I leaned close to you	C
I thought that I could breathe the perfume of your blood	C
How splendid were the long slow summer sunsets too	C
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The night would close around us like a dim blue wall	E
And your eyes flashed within the darkness and the sweet	C
Drug of your breath came over me Do you recall	E
How I would love to lie for hours holding your feet	C
The night would close around us like a dim blue wall	E
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I can relive the ecstasy that Time has slain	A
At moments I can feel myself between your thighs	B
What use to hope for anything like that again	A
With someone else What use to seek in any wise	B
I can relive the ecstasy that Time has slain	A
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Those cries those long embraces that remembered scent	C
Can they be lost for ever Will they not come round	C
Like stars like suns to blaze upon the firmament	C
Of future worlds from the abyss we cannot sound	C
O cries O long embraces O remembered scent	C
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Translated by George Dillon	A
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The Balcony	A
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Mistress of mistresses mother of memories	B
O you my every pleasure you my every duty	A
You shall recall our blandishments and ecstasies	B
The warm peace of our hearth the evening's placid beauty	A
Mistress of mistresses mother of memories	B
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Evenings illumined by the glow of coals afire	F
Or on the balcony veiled in a rosy mist	C
How soft your breast how kind your heart to my desire	F
We said imperishable things the while we kissed	C
Evenings illumined by the glow of coals afire	F
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How glorious the sunset on warm summer nights	B
How deep space is the human heart how competent	C
As I bent over you queen of my soul's delight	C
I thought I breathed your blood with its suave acrid scent	C
How glorious the sunset on warm summer nights	B
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The night grew dense forming a wall to compass us	B
Across the dark your eyes bound mine with golden bands	B
I drank your breath in deep O sweet O poisonous	B
Your slender feet slept softly in my gentle hands	B
The night grew dense forming a wall to compass us	B
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The resurrection of glad moments is an art	C
I know I live anew my head pressed to your knees	B
For where if not in your loved flesh and tender heart	C
Can I seek out the wonder of your languidness	B
The resurrection of glad moments is an art	C
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These vows these fragrant scents these kisses without end	C
Shall they be born again out of infinity	A
As suns rejuvenated in the skies ascend	C
Having been laved in the unfathomable sea	A
O vows O fragrant scents O kisses without end	C
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Translated by Jacques LeClercq	K
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Le Balcon	A
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mother of memories mistress of mistresses	B
thou all my pleasure thou my fealties all	E
thou shalt recall each kiss how soft it is	B
how warm our hearth the night how magical	J
mother of memories mistress of mistresses	B
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long hours illumined by the glowing fire	F
long balcony hours veiled with misty rose	B
soft pillowing breast heart warm to my desire	F
and all the imperishable thing	I