On the 7th day of the Blog chatter’s #WRITEAPAGEADAY, Here is
a poem with love as the major theme.
Poet: Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Poem: A SONG
How many times do I love thee, dear?
Tell me how many thoughts there be
In the atmosphere
Of a new-fall'n year,
Whose white and sable hours appear
The latest flake of Eternity:
So many times do I love thee, dear.
How many times do I love again?
Tell me how many beads there are
In a silver chain
Of evening rain,
Unravell'd from the tumbling main,
And threading the eye of a yellow star:
So many times do I love again.
Beddooes is richer indeed in fancy
than in imagination, and shows a quick sense of the picturesque and bizarre.
But there is more than fancy and grotesquerie in his work: there is real if fit
full emotional power; and in his rapid transition of mood one is reminded often
of Heine.
He is an admirable song writer and
his best lyrics have a magic all their own. As a literary critic he often
excellent if not wholly reliable; and his opinions are never echoed but are always
well thought out, while as a letter writer he ranks high.
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