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Plaisir D' Amour

Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie. Tis here that I met you on a pleasing summer morn Where blossoms of the cherry, out on the bough, adorn; Underneath the cherry tree euphoria welled soon, I met you in the morning, I loved you by the noon. You were more the things to me that I should ever know And there beneath the cherry tree, neath the scented show, We watched the sun rise in the sky and felt our hearts entwine And all the world was lost to me just as your eyes kissed mine. We loved throughout that summer time down in the cherry glade; The warmest days that I had known that God has ever made. And from an overflowing cup of mirth where I may drink Beneath the blooming cherry tree, beneath the perfumed pink. But as the autumn chill appeared and cooled the air around The leaves upon the cherry tree were tumbled to the ground. Then so the dusk of time came by, the evening of the day, And in the darkness of the night my love had gone away. Yet still the joy of love is mine, though but a moment long, The memory of those blissful days shall always here belong. And I shall sacrifice the peace I ever knew before ~ The pain of love remains with me for now and evermore. Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.

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Date: 5/23/2022 6:42:00 AM
Absolutely stellar imagery, Alan! I especially liked the phrasing in the last stanza.
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Alan Jeeves
Date: 5/23/2022 7:33:00 AM
Hello Michael. Thank you for reading and commenting on 'Plaisir d' Amour' (The joy of Love). Inspired by a French song of the same name, this is my effort to put it into words without the music. Kind regards, Alan

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