To A Nightingale Cl

by Hirsch,Edward

• ISBN13: 9780807615874
• ISBN10: 0807615870
• Edition: 00
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-09-17
• Publisher: George Braziller Inc.

Summary

Uniting the voices of thirty master poets,To a Nightingaletraces the presence of literature's most celebrated bird from Sappho's fragments to the verse of Borges. The collection reveals a time-honored, poetic discussion of grief, solitude, beauty, song, and artistic expression--a discussion that moved history's greatest literary minds to create their greatest works. As Keats writes in his famous ode: "Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird...The voice I hear this passing night was heard in ancient days." His sentiment resounds throughout this book, echoing through the words of Milton, Shakespeare, Virgil, and other luminaries whose work directed the course of world literature. Bound by a common reverence for the nightingale's unchanging music, each author seems to speak intimately to the other, their sentiments resonating beautifully despite the passage of centuries. To a Nightingaleis a powerful homage that inspires appreciation not only for the nightingale herself, but also for the poets who collectively made her song sacred to us. This book will appeal to anyone seeking a glimpse into the world of celebrated poetry.

Table of Contents

The Tale of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela	p. 19
Ode to a Nightingale	p. 34
from Canto the Second of The Prophecy of Dante	p. 37
Philomela	p. 38
Critic and Poet: An Apologue	p. 40
from Sweeney Among the Nightingales	p. 41
from Wasteland	p. 43
To The Nightingale	p. 44
Night Singing	p. 45
Fragment	p. 49
from Oedipus at Colonus	p. 50
from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam	p. 51
from The Rose Has Flushed Red	p. 52
from The Merchant of Venice	p. 53
from Romeo and Juliet	p. 54
from The Two Gentlemen of Verona	p. 55
from The Second Dayes Lamentation of the Affectionate Shepheard	p. 56
The Nightingale	p. 57
from Prometheus Unbound	p. 61
The Woodman and The Nightingale	p. 62
from Twilight Calm	p. 66
from The Georgics	p. 69
The Song of the Nightingale Reminds Him of His Unhappy Lot	p. 70
from Here Will I Take My Rest	p. 72
The Nightingale	p. 73
from The Two Gentleman of Verona	p. 74
Song from O Philomela Fair	p. 75
Sonnet to a Nightingale	p. 77
Ode to a Nightingale	p. 78
from New Spring	p. 81
from The Book of Songs	p. 85
To The Nightingale	p. 86
from The Revolt of Islam	p. 87
Song	p. 88
The Nightingale's Nest	p. 89
Laustic	p. 95
Sonnet CII	p. 100
from The Second Dayes Lamentation of the Affectionate Shepheard	p. 101
from Sonnets	p. 102
from The Spanish Student	p. 103
from The Masque of Pandora	p. 104
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