"The Definition of Love" by Andrew Marvell (poetry reading)

[rappamarfil]

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.

- Albert Camus

[MrBeesting0]

love ... such determination .... i wish i was in the period of the 1500 in scotland as a lass

[mistacramer]

Amazing poem! And, what is love if not celebrating someone's existance?

[thallassocracy]

What always strikes me about this piece is how Fate moves from an 'it' in stanza 3 to a 'she' by stanza 4. Marvell almost seems to realise that his determination to ratiocinate guarantees that he will get the metaphysics instead of the girl.

Marvell does a good line in disappointment, so does Rochester. I'm glad I wasn't young back then.

[jeremyshambles]

perfectly wonder-full, thanks for sharing this poem, it is magic.

[FloresDeLaPrimavera]

Beautiful! Thank you.

[halynamyroslava]

Thank you a lot

[Idlinfarm]

The ying yang of it

[mahallawi]

touched!!!

[huyked]

Ahhh.. love.