you must wear your rue with difference.

a song I wrote about the relationship of dante gabriel rossetti & his wife elizabeth.

 our somber lifes left ajar to others

 lament for substance from a mother

 red mane of that once wild swain

To keep up hope for love we feign

kiss the lips of the fallen woman

beata beatrix calls your name

you must wear your rue with difference

oh babe  please wear it well....

an elegy left to sleep with you

lucidity is left to the lonely few

The sylph who will sing so tender

she smiles,beckons my surrender....

 

kiss the lips of the fallen woman

ophelia calls your name

you must wear your rue with difference

oh babe  please wear it well....

and I'll go on through many maids

Though your laugh will never fade

I'll paint for you a thousand souls

in hope one makes you whole...

 

kiss the lips of the fallen woman

Lizzie calls my name

I must wear my rue with difference

I must wear it well....

and when they lay me down

you'll soothe me as I drown....

when the violets grow we'll sleep 

in the others arms we'll weep...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Alessander]

overall, I like it. Solid victorian/romantic imagery. However, the structure seems a bit out of wack. You start off with a strict format, aabb, but then not only switch the format, but stop rhyming all together in the very next stanza, then revert back, and then refrain then return to (at best, off-rhyme)...but perhaps I'm being too anal about it lol the diction and imagery are very prototypical Rossetti and as such it gives the work a sort of historical authenticity, while the babe a more mod tint. Makes me want to put on a top hat and stroll thru the woods to a pond.

[Notion]

I've fallen for a few of those lines. Great poem.

[Gandré]

this had a very interesting concept and you created figurative language with unusual word choice. I liked this!!

[celyn]

This is beautiful. I've read it three times now.. I love lingering between the lines, your pretty words keep me suspended there.

[Salvatore Buttaci]

Congratulations for winning the Haunted contest!

[Ephialtes Jones]

Very nice. Enjoyed the natural flow of the piece.

[Titus McGuire]

I was truly amazed and captivated; this is a masterpiece. The style and rhythm work so well, and the words you chose make it a haunting and melodic piece. Bravissimi.

[cest la vie]

Beautiful, beautiful write!!
Nothing else needs to be said!

[Naomi Montana Walsh]

I am guessing the other reviewer is not familiar with Rosetti , I have always loved his work and I think knowing it helps .. good work here..

[run vs remember]

I guess I'd need the music for the whole effect...but it's good for the eyes, too. The simple rhymes are easy on the eyes, which is nice, and I like the repetition of the choruses. Good stuff, I like it!