Though now she is gone to some other. When I saw my love in the bride-bed With the curtains and valance around her sweet head, I slipped in between them and kissed her dear lips And felt I could be with her for ever. You dig me a grave that is long, wide and deep ...
For to some nunnery I shoud be sent, And I fear, my love, he would ruin you. ‘But here is a coffer of the good red gowd, I wot my mother left it to me; And wi it you 'll buy a bonny ship, And ye maun sail the raging sea; Then like some earl or baron's son You can...
School leaders can find and make use of the value of poetry for themselves, their students and their teachers. Beyond the simple use of poetry, techniques of poetry such as repetitions can be used to take advantage of the power of language to transform communication, create meaning and a cult...
37Quite clear to such an one, and say, “Just this 38Or that in you disgusts me; here you miss, 39Or there exceed the mark”—and if she let 40Herself be lessoned so, nor plainly set 41Her wits to yours, forsooth, and made excuse— ...
One hoists a phiz over a railroad station; it points numbers to people a quarter-mile away who believe it when other clocks fail. ... Carl Sandburg At A Hasty Wedding If hours be years the twain are blest, For now they solace swift desire By ...
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One night, in the Fall, she runned away. Thisstanzaof ‘The Farmer’s Bride‘ reveals that the farmer has been married to his wife for three years. He says that he chose a maid, and then he admits that she was probably too young. Mew’s time and birthplace can offer some insight ...
Before diving into the poem itself, it is essential to provide some context about Spenser and his literary milieu. Born in London in 1552, Edmund Spenser was one of the most prominent poets of the English Renaissance. He is best known for his epic work The Faerie Queene, a sprawling allego...
Edgar Allan Poe's 'Bridal Ballad' is a dark, romantic poem that focuses on a bride's inner feelings about her new marriage and her dead former lover who was killed in battle.
Poem of the Hour Africa The Beautiful Bride Author: Joseph Ogbonna The beautiful bride for the world prepared, by Europe's colonial powers divided. Her priceless worth was seen and hardly spared; hence the need to woo her was decided. ...