Romantic Poetry Section

[Photo Guy]

from: http://www.thejourneybegins.net/


[color="blue"][size="3"]Though miles may lie between us

We're never far apart

For true love doesn't count the miles

It's measured by the heart[/size][/color]

[Photo Guy]

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[/align]  [align=center][color="blue"][size="3"]To A. P. Kern.[/size][/color][/align]    [color="blue"][size="3"]I remember a wonderful moment
As before my eyes you appeared,
Like a vision, fleeting, momentary,
Like a spirit of the purest beauty.

In the torture of hopeless melancholy,
In the bustle of the world's noisy hours,
That voice rang out so tenderly,
I dreamed of that lovely face of yours.

The years flew quickly. The storm's blast
Scattered the dreams of former times,
And I forgot your tender voice,
And the features of your heavenly face.

In remoteness, in gloomy isolation,
My days dragged quietly, nothing was new,
No godlike face, no inspiration,
No tears, no life, no love, no you.

Then to my soul an awakening came,
And there again your face appeared,
Like a vision, fleeting, momentary,
Like a spirit of the purest beauty.

And my heart beat with a rapture new,
And for its sake arose again
A godlike face, an inspiration,
And life, and tears, and love, and you.

-Pushkin
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[RussianGal]

If love is a pain,
Should it be cured or not?
Throw the salt in my wound,
Cause I want to suffer more.

-RussianGal-

[Goldtop]

Sarah, my love for you is deathless, it seems to bind me to you with mighty cables that nothing but Omnipotence could break; and yet my love of Country comes over me like a strong wind and bears me irresistibly on with all these chains to the battlefield.
The memories of the blissful moments I have spent with you come creeping over me, and I feel most gratified to God and to you that I have enjoyed them so long. And hard it is for me to give them up and burn to ashes the hopes of future years, when God willing, we might still have lived and loved together, and seen our sons grow up to honorable manhood around us. I have, I know, but few and small claims upon Divine Providence, but something whispers to me -- perhaps it is the wafted prayer of my little Edgar -- that I shall return to my loved ones unharmed. If I do not, my dear Sarah, never forget how much I love you, and when my last breath escapes me on the battlefield, it will whisper your name.


Forgive my many faults, and the many pains I have caused you. How thoughtless and foolish I have oftentimes been! How gladly would I wash out with my tears every little spot upon your happiness, and struggle with all the misfortune of this world, to shield you and my children from harm. But I cannot. I must watch you from the spirit land and hover near you, while you buffet the storms with your precious little freight, and wait with sad patience till we meet to part no more.


But, O Sarah! If the dead can come back to this earth and flit unseen around those they loved, I shall always be near you; in the garish day and in the darkest night -- amidst your happiest scenes and gloomiest hours -- always, always; and if there be a soft breeze upon your cheek, it shall be my breath; or the cool air fans your throbbing temple, it shall be my spirit passing by.
Sarah, do not mourn me dead; think I am gone and wait for thee, for we shall meet again.


---Major Sullivan Ballou's letter to his wife just before his death at the battle of First Bull Run 1861

[Vaughn]

  There be none of beauty's daughters with a magic like thee

and like music on the waters is thy sweet voice to me

  When as if its sound were causing, the charmed ocean's pausing

the waves lie still and gleaming and the lulled winds seem dreaming:

  And the midnight moon is weaving her bright chain o'er the deep,

whose breast is gently heaving, as an infant's, asleep.

  So the spirit bows before thee, to listen and adore thee

with a full, but soft emotion, like the swell of summer's ocean.

 

George Gordon (Lord Byron)     Stanzas for Music, published 1815

[DogFace]

There once was girl from Odessa...

Whose smile was my foil, I confessa..

Though we shared not a word,

One night we concured,

We were soulmates for sure, more or lessa

 

 

[DogFace]

I want to live,
I want to give,
I've been a miner for a heart of gold.
It's these expressions I never give
That keep me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.

~Neal Young

[LarsXYZ]

How about these:

Your Name

I wrote your name in the sky,
but the wind blew it away.
I wrote your name in the sand,
but the waves washed it away.
I wrote your name in my heart,
and forever it will stay.

and

All the love that history knows, is said to be in every rose.
Yet all that could be found in two, is less than what I feel for you.

My wife was happy to receive these + others:)

There are plenty of poems here:

http://www.lovepoemsandquotes.com/
http://www.best-love-poems.com/

regards Lars

[catzenmouse]

[color="blue"][size="2"]With the ringing         of the phone
[/size][/color]           [color="blue"][size="2"]My heart reaches out to you[/size][/color]
[color="blue"][size="2"]In the moment of your hello[/size][/color]
[color="blue"][size="2"]I feel my spirit soar through the clouds[/size][/color]
[color="blue"][size="2"]The sweet music of your voice[/size][/color]
[color="blue"][size="2"]Brings chills to my soul[/size][/color]
[color="blue"][size="2"]Even a few moments of your words[/size][/color]
[color="blue"][size="2"]Brings new life to my world[/size][/color]
[color="blue"][size="2"]When these moments come to an end[/size][/color]
[color="blue"][size="2"]The glow of your touch[/size][/color]
[color="blue"][size="2"]Warms my heart with a new purpose[/size][/color]
[color="blue"][size="2"]Our day will come to us[/size][/color]
[color="blue"][size="2"]Our lives will light the night[/size][/color]
[color="blue"][size="2"]With a love that is ours alone
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[color="blue"][size="2"][size="1"] - written for my beautiful wife[/size]
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[Son of Clyde]

There once was a gal from Nantucket.....

Oops, sorry wrong forum.

I like the romantic poetry very much, even Neil Young's. 

[Son of Clyde]

Sorry if my silly joke was misinterpreted. I do very much appreciate the poetry and I remember a webpage that had nothing but love poems for specific situations. I think a guy at RWG had made a reference to it.

[Admin]

[user=130]Son of Clyde[/user] wrote:

Sorry if my silly joke was misinterpreted. I do very much appreciate the poetry and I remember a webpage that had nothing but love poems for specific situations. I think a guy at RWG had made a reference to it.

That site has been around FAR longer than RWG. Here is the link -- http://www.meighan.net/alexander/

- Dan

[catzenmouse]

That site has been around FAR longer than RWG. Here is the link -- http://www.meighan.net/alexander/

- Dan

I used this site to learn how to ask Elena to marry me in Russian. They have a lot of good stuff here also for general conservation, intros, etc.

Ken

[bbernard]

Sorry if my silly joke was misinterpreted. I do very much appreciate the poetry and I remember a webpage that had nothing but love poems for specific situations. I think a guy at RWG had made a reference to it.

That site has been around FAR longer than RWG. Here is the link -- http://www.meighan.net/alexander/

- Dan[/quote]
Dan,

Excellent link. I found the audio to be very clear and the phrases easy to learn. My fiance was surprised and loved to hear my attempts to romance her in Russian.

Thanks