Sunday 13 June 2010

1378 - The belle of the bells

What am I reading right now? It’s famous -
A nineteenth-century classic from France -
‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame.’ It’s Paris
In 1482. See that girl dance
In the Place de Grève; in her gypsy hands
A tambourine, a goat at her side. Far
Above in the bell tower, more than a glance
From the severe priest, once the rescuer
Of that deformed infant, now bell-ringer
Who also looks down on the girl. Phoebus,
A vain soldier, seems certain to advance
And storm her defences. Pierre Gringoire
Meanwhile, is merely her husband. The list
Of Esmeralda’s admirers expands…

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