Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PERSIAN LOVE SONG, by SAROJINI NAIDU Poet's Biography First Line: O love! I know not why, when you are glad Last Line: Dear love, that you are I! Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
O Love! I know not why, when you are glad, Gaily my glad heart leaps. O Love! I know not why, when you are sad, Wildly my sad heart weeps. I know not why, if sweet be your repose, My waking heart finds rest, Or if your eyes be dim with pain, sharp throes Of anguish rend my breast. Hourly this subtle mystery flowers anew, O Love, I know not why ... Unless it be, perchance, that I am you, Dear love, that you are I! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A CHALLENGE TO FATE by SAROJINI NAIDU |
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