Charles I de Valois, Duke of Orleans Follow

Go Forth My Heart

Go forth, my hert, with my lady;
Loke that we spare no business
To serve her with such lowliness,
That ye get her grace and mercy.

Pray her of times prively
That she keep trewly her promise
Go forth &c.

I must as a hertless body
Abide alone in hevyness,
And ye shal do wel with your maistress
In plesans glad and mery. pleasure
Go forth &c.

Analysis (ai): This anonymous medieval poem is a stylized plea for love and service to a distant mistress. Similar to other courtly love poems of the period, the speaker personifies his heart and sends it out to fulfill his love's desires. The poem is relatively simple in language and structure, yet it effectively conveys the speaker's yearning for connection and the bittersweet pangs of unrequited love.

Compared to other works by the same author, it is more concise and less elaborate. Its simplicity reflects the directness and emotional immediacy common in medieval lyric poetry. Yet, despite its brevity, the poem captures the complexities of the human heart, its capacity for longing and vulnerability. (hide)

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- From guest emelia (contact)
this inspires me deeply so deeply that i wish to become a poet myself me be up to his fantastic modivatng my of witch such captuvating poems.

on Jan 09 2009 03:44 AM PST x edit

Ahkam - Such a beautiful melody of love

on Mar 24 2007 04:09 AM PST x edit

I-Like-Rhymes - It is only alleged that Charles wrote any Valentine's poems as such. He did write love poems and he also wrote to his mother Valentina perhaps that's where the claim comes from?

on Nov 30 2006 10:39 AM PST x edit

- From guest maria (contact)
Is this the valentines poem that he wrote to his wife while inprisoned in The Tower of London in 1415?

on Nov 30 2006 10:00 AM PST x edit

- Is this the valentines poem that he wrote to his wife while inprisoned in teh Tower of London in 1415? Please respond aspa!

on Mar 08 2005 11:32 PM PST x edit

- Is this the poem he wrote while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1415? Please write back to let me know.

on Feb 24 2005 08:11 AM PST x edit