Love Songs – MADHU MALTI

Philomela : Matthew Arnold : : Bird Poems : :

Philomela : : By Matthew Arnold : : Hark! ah, the nightingale—The tawny-throated!Hark, from that moonlit cedar what a burst!What triumph! hark!—what pain! O wanderer from a Grecian shore,Still, after many years, in distant lands,Still nourishing in thy bewilder’d brainThat wild, unquench’d, deep-sunken, old-world pain— Say, will it never heal?And can this fragrant lawnWith itsContinue reading “Philomela : Matthew Arnold : : Bird Poems : :”

Strange Fits Of Passion Have I Known Poem : William Wordsworth : : Moon Poems : :

Strange Fits Of Passion Have I Known : : By William Wordsworth, Cumberland England : Strange fits of passion have I known:And I will dare to tell,But in the lover’s ear alone,What once to me befell. When she I loved looked every dayFresh as a rose in June,I to her cottage bent my way,Beneath anContinue reading “Strange Fits Of Passion Have I Known Poem : William Wordsworth : : Moon Poems : :”

Hymn to the Moon : Lady Mary Wortley Montagu : : Moon Poems : :

Hymn To The Moon : : By Lady Mary Wortley Montague ( Written in July, in an arbour Thou silver deity of secret night, 1Direct my footsteps through the woodland shade; 2Thou conscious witness of unknown delight, 3The Lover’s guardian, and the Muse’s aid! 4By thy pale beams I solitary rove, 5To thee my tenderContinue reading “Hymn to the Moon : Lady Mary Wortley Montagu : : Moon Poems : :”

The Afternoon Sun : C P Cavafy : ( 1 ) : Video Song in Greek With English Subtitles : Music by Yannis Petritsis : ( 2 ) : : Afternoon Poems : :

https://youtu.be/Tx5ahIjOU3I The Afternoon Sun : : Constantine Peter Cavafy (1863-1933) : : Translated by Edmund Keeley : : : : : : : : : : : : This room, how well I know it.Now they’re renting it, and the one next to it,as offices. The whole house has becomean office building for agents, businessmen,Continue reading “The Afternoon Sun : C P Cavafy : ( 1 ) : Video Song in Greek With English Subtitles : Music by Yannis Petritsis : ( 2 ) : : Afternoon Poems : :”

Thou Gloomy December : Robert Burns : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :

Thou Gloomy December : : By Robert Burns : 1796 – 1859 : : Ayrshire / Scotland : : : : : : : : : : : Ance mair I hail thee thou Gloomy December.Ance mair I hail thee with sorrow and care.Sad was the parting thou made me remember.Parting wi’ Nancy o nairContinue reading “Thou Gloomy December : Robert Burns : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”

The Shepheardes Calendar August : Edmund Spenser : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :

Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599). The Complete Poetical Works. 1908. The Shepheardes CalenderAugustÆGLOGA OCTAVAARGUMENTIN this Æglogue is set forth a delectable controversie, made in imitation of that in Theocritus: whereto also Virgile fashioned his third and seventh Æglogue. They choose for umpere of their strife, Cuddie, a neatheards boye, who, having ended their cause, reciteth also himselfeContinue reading “The Shepheardes Calendar August : Edmund Spenser : : August Poems : : Months Poems : :”

Barbara Allen : Joan Baez : : May Poems : : Months Poems : :

Barbara Allen : : By Joan Baez : : ‘Twas in the merry month of MayWhen green buds all were swellin’Sweet William on his death bed layFor love of Barbara AllenHe sent his servant to the townTo the place where she was dwellin’Saying, “You must come to my master, dearIf your name be Barbara Allen”SoContinue reading “Barbara Allen : Joan Baez : : May Poems : : Months Poems : :”