Topic 25 of 53: William Shakespeare
Thu, Jul 9, 1998 (22:35) |
Wolf (wolf)
what would a poetry conference be without the man?
7 responses total.
Topic 25 of 53 [poetry]: William Shakespeare
Response 1 of 7: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Jul 9, 1998 (22:39) * 18 lines
here is one of my favs:
My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red:
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grown on her head.
I have seen roses damaskt, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
my mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
Topic 25 of 53 [poetry]: William Shakespeare
Response 2 of 7: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Jul 13, 1998 (23:14) * 16 lines
Let Me Not
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments, love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark,
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wand'ring bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come,
Love alters not wit his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom:
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
Topic 25 of 53 [poetry]: William Shakespeare
Response 3 of 7: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Jul 14, 1998 (23:26) * 1 lines
amen
Topic 25 of 53 [poetry]: William Shakespeare
Response 4 of 7: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Jul 15, 1998 (02:34) * 6 lines
Last night I listen to one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever
heard. It was 'Serenade to Music' by Vaughan Williams, one of my favourite
composers, a 1938 historical recording. Because it's such an old recording one
can't make out the words, but I know the music was set to a few lines by
Shakespeare. Does anyone know what these few lines are? BEAUTIFUL
stuff!
Topic 25 of 53 [poetry]: William Shakespeare
Response 5 of 7: Riette Walton (riette) * Sun, Aug 9, 1998 (14:10) * 24 lines
I have finally managed to find the text to 'Serenade to Music', and it is from 'The Merchant of Venice'. Read this:
How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music
Creep in our ears:
soft stillness and the night
Become the touches of sweet harmony.
Look, how the floor of heaven
Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold:
There's not the smallest orb
that thou behold'st
But in his motion like an angel sings
Still quiring
to the young-eyed cherubins;
Such harmony is in immortal souls;
But, whilst this muddy vesture of decay
Doth grossly close it in,
we cannot hear it.
Come, ho! and wake Diana with a hymn:
With sweetest touches
pierce your mistress' ear,
And draw her home with music.
I find it so so beautiful.
Topic 25 of 53 [poetry]: William Shakespeare
Response 6 of 7: Wolf (wolf) * Sun, Aug 9, 1998 (15:22) * 1 lines
it is, thanks for posting it!
Topic 25 of 53 [poetry]: William Shakespeare
Response 7 of 7: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Aug 10, 1998 (09:22) * 1 lines
You're welcome.
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