Costanza Sings by Marie Van Vorst
The speaker celebrates her beloved as a splendid rider who goes to battle and to the chase in shining armour and plume. Though he travels through danger and distance, he comes to her by night and rests upon her heart before departing at dawn. She longs to follow him everywhere, imagining herself armed with bonnet and sword and standing beside him, her Love and Lord, amid flying lances.
By Marie Van Vorst · First published 1916 · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry, Romantic Poetry · 166 words
First lines
My Love is a rider! (and life's at its pace! ) / He rides to the battle -- he rides to the chase. / His armour is burnished, his nodding plume's curled. / (And would I could follow him over the world! )
Nor distance, nor danger can keep us apart. / He comes with the shadows and lies on my heart. / He's gone when the midnight its pinions has furled. / (And would I could follow him over the world! )
I'd gladly arise -- don bonnet and sword, / And follow the steps of my Love and my Lord. / I'd stand by his side when the lances are hurled. / (And would I could follow him over the world! )
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Marie Van Vorst
- Date: 1916 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry, Romantic Poetry, Ballad, War Poetry
- Length: 166 words
- Structure: 1 section, 3 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Very Easy (5th Grade or below)
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Genres
- Lyric Poetry — The work is a short, musical first-person poem focused on the speaker's intense personal emotion and longing.
- Love Poetry — Its central subject is the speaker's devotion to her beloved, whom she wishes to follow wherever he goes.
- Romantic Poetry — The poem idealizes love, separation, heroic adventure, and emotional union through heightened, passionate language.
- Ballad — Its repeated refrain, simple quatrain-like movement, and tale of a lover riding to battle and chase give it a ballad-like character.
Tags
romance · drama · historical fiction · early twentieth century · Italian setting · American literature · women's fiction · love story · society · artistic life · music · opera