A DEDICATION TO ALL LOVERS <br /> OF POETRY AND RHYME! <br />Dear readers and writer of PH, today I present you <br />stanzas two and five, - <br />An extract from - “The Garden of Prosperine”! <br />As my humble tribute to this great classical English <br />poet - Algeron Charles Swinburne (1837-1909): <br />And also as a dedication to all lovers of poetry & <br />rhyme! <br /> <br /> THE GARDEN OF PROSPERINE <br />Para II: <br /> “I am tired of tears and laughter, <br /> And men that laugh and weep; <br /> Of what may come hereafter <br /> For men that sow and reap. <br /> I am weary of days and hours, <br /> Blown buds of barren flowers, <br /> Desires and dreams and powers <br /> And everything but sleep. <br />Para V: <br /> Pale, without name or number, <br /> In fruitless fields of corn, <br /> The bow themselves and slumber <br /> All night till light is born; <br /> And like a soul belated, <br /> In hell and heaven unmated, <br /> By cloud and mist abated <br /> Comes out of darkness morn! <br /> ……………………………… <br /> From too much love of living, <br /> From hope and fear set free, <br /> We thank with brief thanksgiving <br /> Whatever gods may be. <br /> That no life lives forever, <br /> That dead men rise up never, <br /> That even the weariest river <br /> Winds somewhere safe to sea.” <br /> - Swinburne. <br /> <br />AC Swinburne (1837-1909) , an English poet whose mastery of <br />vocabulary, rhyme and meter is impressive. At the age of 30, <br />he became the successor to Alfred Lord Tennyson and Robert <br />Browning! Introduced a variation of the French Rondeau into <br />English poetry with the rhyme scheme; ABAR, BAB, ABAR, <br />where R is the refrain! THANKS FOR READING! <br /> -RAJ NANDY <br /> NEW DELHI<br /><br />RAJ NANDY<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-dedication-to-all-lovers-of-poetry-and-rhyme/
