Song from Arcadia
by Sir Philip Sidney
My true love hath my heart, and I have his,
By Just Exchange, one for the other given.
I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss,
There never was a better bargain driven.
His heart in me keeps me and him in one,
My heart in him his thoughts and senses guides;
He loves my heart, for once it was his own,
I cherish his, because in me it bides.
His heart his wound received from my sight,
My heart was wounded with his wounded heart;
For as from me on him his hurt did light,
So still methought in me his hurt did smart.
Both equal hurt, in his change sought our bliss;
My true love hath my heart and I have his.
End of the poem
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- Вера Звягинцева – А если ты любишь не можешь
- In the Time of War, XII by W H Auden
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песня о двух красивых автомобилях
- Grandmother’s Teaching poem – Alfred Austin
- Олег Григорьев – Как бумажный пароходик
- Шекспир – Чтобы стихи, рожденные когда-то – Сонет 38
- The Story Of Our Lives by Mark Strand
- Shut Not Your Doors, &c. by Walt Whitman
- A Shakespeare Memorial poem – Alfred Austin
- The Artist poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Working Party by Siegfried Sassoon
- Not A Star
- Владимир Маяковский – Стихи из предсмертной записки
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) was an English courtier, statesman, soldier, diplomat, writer, and patron of scholars and poets. He was a godson of Philip II of Spain. Sir Philip Sidney was considered the ideal gentleman of his day. He is also one of the most important poets of the Elizabethan Era.