So sweet the lyre, so musical the strain,
By which my suit, Belovëd! is expressed,
That, hearing them, no such indifferent breast
But welcomes Love and his delicious pain,
And opes to his innumerable train
Of sweet persuasions, lovely mysteries,
Brief angers, gentle reconcilements, sighs
And ardour unabash’d by proud disdain.
Yet, when I strive to sing what beauty dwells
Upon thy brow, so oft in scorn array’d,
My song upon the unworthy lips expires.
It must be loftier verse than mine that tells
Of loveliness like thine. My Muse, dismay’d,
Folds her weak wing and silently retires.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- A Sunrise Song. by Sidney Lanier
- A Petition poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Autumn Song by Sarojini Naidu
- Signet of Eternity by Rabindranath Tagore
- Вероника Тушнова – У всех бывают слабости минуты
- Ballade Of Sleep poem – Andrew Lang poems
- To the Lady Margaret Ley poem – John Milton poems
- Robert Burns: My Tocher’s The Jewel:
- Михаил Ломоносов – Надпись на иллюминацию 1747 года перед зимним домом
- Forgotten Language by Shel Silverstein
- Ок Мельникова – Если есть от кого ждать писем
- Владимир Маяковский – Счастье искусств
- “Here, where the vine and fig bask hand in hand,” poem – Alfred Austin
- Владислав Крапивин – Когда тебя замучил враг
- Михаил Лермонтов – Зови надежду сновиденьем
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
