When I First Saw Edmée
(Villanelle.)
WHEN I first saw Edmée
She was clad all in blue.
A cold colour, you say?
Yes, I thought so, that day,
And my hopes were but few
When I first saw Edmée;
Now, of azure array
I’ve quite altered my view—
A cold colour, you say?
Is the sky cold in May?
How little I knew,
When I first saw Edmée.
All the sweetness there lay
In the shade that means “true!”...
A cold colour, you say?
Ah, my heart’s quite away.
The sad moment I rue
When I first saw Edmée.
A cold colour, you say?...