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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE NIGHTINGALE, by ALEXEY (ALEXIE) VASSILIEVICH KOLTSOV Poet's Biography First Line: The nightingale, the rose's lover Last Line: And wherefore sings he songs as sad as this? | |||
THE nightingale, the rose's lover, Through night and day sings songs above her, But silent in her dream of innocence She hears the strain but catches not the sense. So oft a poet, singing to his lyre, Pours in a maiden's ear his heart's desire; His fiery passion throbs through every tone, But to the gentle maid it rests unknown. For whom, she asks, is meant this song of his, And wherefore sings he songs as sad as this? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN OLD MAN'S SONG by ALEXEY (ALEXIE) VASSILIEVICH KOLTSOV OLD MAN'S SONG by ALEXEY (ALEXIE) VASSILIEVICH KOLTSOV SONG by ALEXEY (ALEXIE) VASSILIEVICH KOLTSOV WOMAN'S SONG by ALEXEY (ALEXIE) VASSILIEVICH KOLTSOV SACRED ELEGY: 5. THE SEPARATION OF MAN FROM GOD by GEORGE BARKER SLUG IN WOODS by EARL (EARLE) BIRNEY IN HOSPITAL: 2. WAITING by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY A DREAM, AFTER READING DANTE'S EPISODE OF PAULO & FRANCESCA by JOHN KEATS SHILLIN' A DAY by RUDYARD KIPLING YEW-TREES by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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