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  My Heart Leaps Up - William Wordsworth My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. About the Poet William Wordsworth (1770–1850) was a major English Romantic poet . He is known as the poet of nature because his poetry celebrates nature, childhood, simple life, and human emotions. He believed that nature has the power to educate, comfort, and inspire human beings. Introduction “My Heart Leaps Up” is a short lyric poem written by William Wordsworth in 1802 and published in 1807 . The poem describes the poet’s joy when he sees a rainbow . It expresses Wordsworth’s belief that the childlike sense of wonder and love for nature should remain with us throughout our lives. Summary The poet says that his heart “leaps up” with joy whenever he se...

  Leave this Chanting and Singing Gitanjali 11 Rabindranath Tagore (1861 –1941) Leave this chanting and singing and telling of beads! Whom dost thou worship in this lonely dark corner of a temple with doors all shut? Open thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee! He is there where the tiller is tilling the hard ground and where the path-maker is breaking stones. He is with them in sun and in shower, and his garment is covered with dust. Put off thy holy mantle and even like him come down on the dusty soil! Deliverance? Where is this deliverance to be found? Our master himself has joyfully taken upon him the bonds of creation; he is bound with us all for ever. Come out of thy meditations and leave aside thy flowers and incense! What harm is there if thy clothes become tattered and stained? Meet him and stand by him in toil and in sweat of thy brow.   Introduction: This lyric presents Rabindranath Tagore’s criticism of empty religious rituals and his bel...

A Red, Red Rose – Robert Burns Introduction “A Red, Red Rose” is a famous love poem written by Robert Burns , Scotland’s national poet. It was first published in 1794 in a collection of traditional Scottish songs. The poem is written in the form of a ballad and is meant to be sung. It expresses the speaker’s deep, passionate, and everlasting love for his beloved. Through beautiful natural images, Burns shows that true love can remain constant despite time, distance, ageing, and death. Poem: A Red, Red Rose O my Luve is like a red, red rose    That’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve is like the melody    That’s sweetly played in tune. So fair art thou, my bonnie lass,    So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still, my dear,    Till a’ the seas gang dry. Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,    And the rocks melt wi’ the sun; I will love thee still, my dear,    While the sands o’ life shall run. ...

  Success Is Counted Sweetest  – Emily Dickinson Poem:  “Success is counted sweetest” Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. Not one of all the purple Host Who took the Flag today Can tell the definition So clear of victory As he defeated – dying – On whose forbidden ear The distant strains of triumph Burst agonized and clear! Introduction “Success Is Counted Sweetest” is a short but powerful poem written by the American poet Emily Dickinson in 1859. The poem presents a paradoxical idea: people who experience failure understand and value success more deeply than those who achieve it easily . Dickinson explains this idea through two main images—the hunger of a bee for nectar and a dying soldier listening to the victory celebrations of his enemies. Explanation The poem begins with the famous statement, “Success is counted sweetest / By those who ne’er succeed.” Dickinson suggests that su...