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The fountains mingle with the river
And the rivers with the ocean,
The winds of heaven mix for ever
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single;
All things by a law divine
In one spirit meet and mingle.
Why not I with thine?—
See the mountains kiss high heaven
And the waves clasp one another;
No sister-flower would be forgiven
If it disdained its brother;
And the sunlight clasps the earth
And the moonbeams kiss the sea:
What is all this sweet work worth
If thou kiss not me?
From reading The Outcasts I got the sense that Percy Bysshe Shelley could be reckless and rather thoughtless but he also had a generous nature. He died young in a boating accident but as with Mary Shelley he was a brilliant writer and his poetry lives on.
His poetry is brilliant.
ReplyDeleteAgree and I had plans earlier this year to take the Bradbury Challenge which includes reading a poem a day. That fell by the wayside unfortunately but I have found a number of poets I like and I definitely need to read more poetry and if I stick with a poem enough and read the analysis I am thinking I will be able to unlock more of what the poets meant when they wrote their poem.
DeleteI think I might try that challenge of reading a poem a day sometime. But I'd need to get a really good anthology first.
DeleteHi Lark, A poem a day sounds doable. My problem is I took the full Bradbury Challenge which was a poem, a short story and an essay a day and I found that to be too difficult. Better to choose only one a day instead of all three. Good luck whenever you decide to take the poem challenge and I agree the anthology is so important.
ReplyDeleteI would like to read more poetry but I know that at this time I would not stick to one poem a day. I will have to think of a plan that might work. A specific day in the week?
ReplyDeleteHi Tracy, a specific day of the week for a poem sounds very good and I need to commit to that too. What I found when I started to read poetry is that most of it is over my head but then I kept sampling different poets and that's how I discovered Cavafy. He writes in a prose style which I like.
DeleteThanks for sharing his poetry. It seems like the person he's writing the poem for is a bit unsure and he's trying to convince her?
ReplyDeleteHi Susan, that's a good point. The poem does sound like that. I know he died young but he never left Mary and she was devoted to him as well.
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