Showing posts with label poetic hearts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poetic hearts. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
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Monday, December 10, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Saturday, September 24, 2011
'Such a deed' and 'sweet religion'
'O, such a deed
As from the body of contraction plucks
The very soul, and sweet religion makes
A rhapsody of words.'
--Hamlet, Act 3 Scene 4
As from the body of contraction plucks
The very soul, and sweet religion makes
A rhapsody of words.'
--Hamlet, Act 3 Scene 4
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
"Men turn, and see the stars"
The Odyssey's epigram, which was written by A. Lang, is so sublime.
Excerpt:
Excerpt:
MEN TURN, AND SEE THE STARS, AND FEEL THE FREE 10
SHRILL WIND BEYOND THE CLOSE OF HEAVY FLOWERS AND THROUGH THE MUSIC OF THE LANGUID HOURS, THEY HEAR LIKE OCEAN ON A WESTERN BEACH THE SURGE AND THUNDER OF THE ODYSSEY.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
「其小者不能奪也。此為大人而已矣。」
「耳目之官不思，而蔽於物。物交物，則引之而已矣。心之官則思，思則得之，不思則不得也。此天之所與我者。先立乎其大者，則其小者不能奪也。此為大人而已矣。」
--《孟子‧告子上》
--《孟子‧告子上》
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Music video - Go no more a-roving - Joan Baez
Lyrics (Actually it's a poem "We'll go no more a-roving" by Lord Byron):
Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron. 1788–1824
599. We'll go no more a-roving
SO, we'll go no more a-roving
So late into the night,
Though the heart be still as loving,
And the moon be still as bright.
For the sword outwears its sheath, 5
And the soul wears out the breast,
And the heart must pause to breathe,
And love itself have rest.
Though the night was made for loving,
And the day returns too soon, 10
Yet we'll go no more a-roving
By the light of the moon.
http://www.bartleby.com/101/599.html
Thursday, June 16, 2011
惟有兩行雁，知人倚樓月
霜天曉角
梅
範成大
晚晴風歇，一夜春威折。 脈脈花疏天淡，雲來去，當選枝雪。
勝絕，愁亦絕，此情誰共說。 惟有兩行低雁，知人倚畫樓月。
我個人覺得，最後一句去掉兩個字以後，變成 “惟有兩行雁，知人倚樓月” 更好。
Friday, March 4, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
孟郊之“月明直見嵩山雪”
“
天津橋下冰初結
洛陽陌上人行絕
榆柳蕭疏樓閣閒
月明直見嵩山雪
”
--孟郊之《洛橋晚望》，未錄入《唐詩三百首》
“孟郊（751～814年），中國唐代詩人。... 孟浩然孫。”
- Excerpted from http://goo.gl/VKERK
Monday, January 24, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
張九齡《感遇》十二首第一
“
欣欣此生意
自爾為佳節
”
--節錄自張九齡《感遇》十二首第一（唐詩三百首），當作於開元二十五年（737）
張九齡，盛唐最後一位寒士宰相，於開元二十四年（736）罷相，貶荊州長史。從此士族朝臣一統天下。
My random thoughts: meritocracy, U.S.A.
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