A. E. Housman (1859–1936). A Shropshire Lad. 1896. LVII. You smile upon your friend to-day YOU smile upon your friend to-day, To-day his ills are over; You hearken to the lover’s say, And happy is the lover. ’Tis late to hearken, late to smile, 5 But better late than never: I shall have lived aContinue reading “You Smile Upon Your Friend Today : A E Housman ( From ‘A Shropshire Lad ‘ 1896 ) : ( 1 ) : : Musical Audio “You Smile Upon Your Friend Today” : John Ireland ( 1920/21 ) : Anthony Rolfe Johnson ( 1975 ) Tenor & David Willison ( Pianist ) : : Friendship Poems : :”
Author Archives: Jayaraj Vyas
I Should Not Dare To Leave My Friend : Emily Dickinson : ( 1 ) : : Official Music Video ( UMG) By A Pop Music Group ( Japan ) : David Sylvian : Jan Bang , David Sylvian & Christian Fennesz : ( 2 ) : : Friendship Poems : :
“I should not dare to leave my friend…”Emily Dickinson ( 1830 – 1886 ) : : : : : : : : : : :: I should not dare to leave my friend,Because – because if he should dieWhile I was gone – and I – too late –Should reach the Heart that wanted meContinue reading “I Should Not Dare To Leave My Friend : Emily Dickinson : ( 1 ) : : Official Music Video ( UMG) By A Pop Music Group ( Japan ) : David Sylvian : Jan Bang , David Sylvian & Christian Fennesz : ( 2 ) : : Friendship Poems : :”
Love And Friendship : Emily Brontë : : Happy Friendship Day ( National : 1 st Sunday Of August : International : July 30 th ) : : Friendship Poems :
Love and FriendshipBY EMILY BRONTËLove is like the wild rose-briar,Friendship like the holly-tree—The holly is dark when the rose-briar bloomsBut which will bloom most constantly? The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring,Its summer blossoms scent the air;Yet wait till winter comes againAnd who will call the wild-briar fair? Then scorn the silly rose-wreath nowAnd deckContinue reading “Love And Friendship : Emily Brontë : : Happy Friendship Day ( National : 1 st Sunday Of August : International : July 30 th ) : : Friendship Poems :”
A Drop Fell On The Apple Tree : : Emily Dickinson : : Rain Poems : :
Summer Shower : Emily Dickinson ( 1830 – 1886 ) : : “A Drop Fell On The Apple Tree” is a wonderfully evocative Poem speaking of the joy on arriving of the rain to the dry Summer land and an inter – relationship with the rest of the world. Little rain “A Drop On TheContinue reading “A Drop Fell On The Apple Tree : : Emily Dickinson : : Rain Poems : :”
The Rainy Day : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : : Rain Poems : :
The Rainy Day : This 1842 poem has the famous line “Into each life some rain must fall,” meaning that everyone will experience difficulty and heartache at some point. The “day” is a metaphor for “life.” Written after the death of his first wife and before he married his second wife, “The Rainy Day” hasContinue reading “The Rainy Day : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : : Rain Poems : :”
Daddy : Sylvia Plath : : Fathers Poems : :
“Daddy” by Sylvia PlathYou do not do, you do not doAny more, black shoeIn which I have lived like a footFor thirty years, poor and white,Barely daring to breathe or Achoo. Daddy, I have had to kill you.You died before I had time——Marble-heavy, a bag full of God,Ghastly statue with one gray toeBig as aContinue reading “Daddy : Sylvia Plath : : Fathers Poems : :”
Long Distance II: Tonny Harrison : : Fathers Poems : :
Long Distance IITony Harrison – 1937- Though my mother was already two years deadDad kept her slippers warming by the gas,put hot water bottles her side of the bedand still went to renew her transport pass. You couldn’t just drop in. You had to phone.He’d put you off an hour to give him timeto clearContinue reading “Long Distance II: Tonny Harrison : : Fathers Poems : :”
Do not go gentle into that good night : Dylan Thomas : : Fathers Poems : :
Do not go gentle into that good nightDylan Thomas – 1914-1953 Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right,Because their words had forked no lightning theyDo not go gentleContinue reading “Do not go gentle into that good night : Dylan Thomas : : Fathers Poems : :”
My father moved through dooms of love : : by E.E. Cummings : : Fathers Poems : :
my father moved through dooms of loveE. E. Cummings – 1894-1962 my father moved through dooms of lovethrough sames of am through haves of give,singing each morning out of each nightmy father moved through depths of height this motionless forgetful whereturned at his glance to shining here;that if (so timid air is firm)under his eyesContinue reading “My father moved through dooms of love : : by E.E. Cummings : : Fathers Poems : :”
Anecdote For Fathers : William Wordsworth : : Fathers Poems : :
have a boy of five years old,His face is fair and fresh to see;His limbs are cast in beauty’s mould,And dearly he loves me. One morn we stroll’d on our dry walk,Our quiet house all full in view,And held such intermitted talkAs we are wont to do. My thoughts on former pleasures ran;I thought ofContinue reading “Anecdote For Fathers : William Wordsworth : : Fathers Poems : :”
MADHU MALTI 