"by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, ""tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all"". In the first scene, the company 'ScienceWater' is a parody of VitaminWater. A reworded version of Weezer's ""Beverly Hills"" plays during a montage of Waverly Hills and the end credits. Alaska Nebraska is a parody of Hannah Montana, but the character's mannerisms are similar to that of Ellen Page's role in ""Juno"". The city inspector is based on Anton Chigurh from the 2007 film ""No Country for Old Men"". In his apartment Homer is shown to have two consoles, Wii and the"
"regarding the first verse of the above eulogy, ❝The most truthful line of poetry any poet ever uttered is the phrase of Labīd, 'Indeed, everything, except for Allāh, is of no value.'❞ [Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhāri, The Book of Manners, Ḥadīth] Labīd Labīd (Abu Aqil Labīd ibn Rabī'ah) (Arabic لَبيد بن ربيعة بن مالك أبو عقيل العامِري) (c. 516 – c. 661) was an Arabian poet. He belonged to the Bani Amir, a division of the tribe of the Hawazin. In his younger years he was an active warrior, and his verse is largely concerned with inter-tribal disputes. Later, he was sent"
"nunquam amavit; quique amavit cras amet. ""Let the one love tomorrow who has never loved, and let the one who has loved love tomorrow."" </poem> The poem ends with the nightingale's song, and a poignant expression of personal sorrow: <poem> ""illa cantat; nos tacemus; quando ver venit meum?"" ""She sings; we are silent; when will my springtime come?""</poem> There are translations into English verse by the 17th-century poet Thomas Stanley (1651); by the 18th-century ""graveyard school"" poet Thomas Parnell (1679-1718); by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch in ""The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems by ""Q""""; by F. L. Lucas (1939; reprinted"
"be found in Canto 27. The last two lines are usually taken as offering a meditation on the dissolution of a romantic relationship. However, the lines originally referred to the death of the poet's beloved friend. They are reminiscent of a line from William Congreve's popular 1700 play, ""The Way of the World"": ""'tis better to be left than never to have been loved."" Another much-quoted phrase from the poem is ""nature, red in tooth and claw,"" found in Canto 56, referring to humanity: Also, the following are found in Canto 54 Also occasionally quoted are these lines from Canto"
"other, mostly classical works, from each of his lines. The seven-line poem, according to Poe's notes, refers to John Milton's ""Paradise Lost"", William Shakespeare, and Alexander Pope. Written in 1847 for Marie Louise Shew, voluntary nurse of Poe's wife Virginia, it was not published until March 1848 in ""Columbian Magazine"" as ""To —— ——."" Poe never pursued a romantic relationship with Shew, and the poem has no strong romantic overtones. It discusses the writer's inability to write, distracted by the thought of ""thee."" The poem also references an earlier poem of Poe, ""Israfel."" Never published in Poe's lifetime, it was"
"of the last stanza of ""To Althea, From Prison"": and the end of ""To Lucasta. Going to the Warres"": Richard Lovelace Richard Lovelace (pronounced , homophone of ""loveless"") (9 December 1617 – 1657) was an English poet in the seventeenth century. He was a cavalier poet who fought on behalf of the king during the Civil War. His best known works are ""To Althea, from Prison"", and ""To Lucasta, Going to the Warres"". Richard Lovelace was born on 9 December 1617. His exact birthplace is unknown, and may have been Woolwich, Kent, or Holland. He was the oldest son of"
"The Tay Bridge Disaster ""The Tay Bridge Disaster"" is a poem written in 1880 by the Scottish poet William McGonagall, who has been widely recognised as the worst poet in history. The poem recounts the events of the evening of December 28, 1879, when, during a severe gale, the Tay Rail Bridge at Dundee collapsed as a train was passing over it with the loss of all on board (now thought to be 75 people and not 90 as stated in the poem). The foundations of the bridge were not removed and are alongside the newer bridge. The poem is"
"Earlier in his career, Caravaggio had challenged contemporary sensibilities with his ""sexually provocative and anti-intellectual"" ""Victorious Love"", also known as ""Love Conquers All"" ""(Amor Vincit Omnia)"", in which a brazenly naked Cupid tramples on emblems of culture and erudition representing music, architecture, warfare, and scholarship. The motto comes from the Augustan poet Vergil, writing in the late 1st century BC. His collection of ""Eclogues"" concludes with what might be his most famous line:""Omnia vincit Amor: et nos cedamus Amori.""<br>Love conquers all, and so let us surrender ourselves to Love. The theme was also expressed as the triumph of Cupid, as"
"be: Beauty brag, but 'tis not she; Truth and beauty buried be. To this urn let those repair That are either true or fair; For these dead birds sigh a prayer. The Phoenix and the Turtle The Phoenix and the Turtle (also spelled The Phœnix and the Turtle) is an allegorical poem about the death of ideal love by William Shakespeare. It is widely considered to be one of his most obscure works and has led to many conflicting interpretations. It has also been called ""the first great published metaphysical poem"". The title ""The Phoenix and the Turtle"" is a"
"neither sad nor happy when the lady left him. Even after losing the girl, the poet remains respectful to her. The poet is not selfish and doesn't want to fight to get back the girl. He just wants to keep her in his heart for a while. The greatest test of love is the ability to wish good for the other person even if you lose the person. The poem has various references in Soviet and Russian film. Most recently in ""I Loved You"", a trilogy of documentaries by Viktor Kossakovsky. I Loved You (poem) ""I Loved You"" ( -"
"Never seek to tell thy love ""Never pain to tell the love"" is a poem by William Blake. It was first published in 1863 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in his edition of Blake's poems, which formed the second volume of Alexander Gilchrist's posthumous ""Life of William Blake"". It was edited from a notebook in Rossetti's possession, now known as the Rossetti MS., containing a great number of sketches, draft poems, polemical prose, and miscellaneous writings, which Blake kept by him for many years. As the only textual authority for many of these poems is a foul papers, some of them"
"All for Love (play) All for Love or, the World Well Lost, is a heroic drama by John Dryden written in 1677. Today, it is Dryden's best-known and most performed play. It is a tragedy written in blank verse and is an attempt on Dryden's part to reinvigorate serious drama. It is an acknowledged imitation of Shakespeare’s ""Antony and Cleopatra"", and focuses on the last hours of the lives of its hero and heroine. Dryden deals with the same subject as that of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Whereas Shakespeare ""diffused the action of his play over Italy, Greece, and Egypt,"""
"Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was a British poet, peer, politician, and leading figure in the Romantic movement. He is regarded as one of the greatest British poets and remains widely read and influential. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems ""Don Juan"" and ""Childe Harold's Pilgrimage"": many of his shorter lyrics in ""Hebrew Melodies"" also became popular. He travelled extensively across Europe, especially in Italy, where he lived for seven years in the cities of Venice, Ravenna and Pisa. During his stay"
"Arnaut Daniel Arnaut Daniel (; fl. 1180–1200) was an Occitan troubadour of the 12th century, praised by Dante as a ""the best smith"" (""miglior fabbro"") and called a ""grand master of love"" (""gran maestro d'amore"") by Petrarch. In the 20th century he was lauded by Ezra Pound in ""The Spirit of Romance"" (1910) as the greatest poet to have ever lived. According to one biography, Daniel was born of a noble family at the castle of Ribérac in Périgord; however, the scant contemporary sources point to him being a jester with pernicious economic troubles. It is probable that he became"
"love to death and sheol: love is as relentless and jealous as these two, and cannot be quenched by any force. She summons her lover, using the language used before: he should come ""like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountain of spices"". The Song offers no clue to its author or to the date, place, or circumstances of its composition. The superscription states that it is ""Solomon's"", but even if this is meant to identify the author, it cannot be read as strictly as a similar modern statement. The most reliable evidence for its date is its"
"Leopardi, Petrarch, Dante, Catullus, Ovid, Martial, and Horace. Lowenfeld's translations of Alexander Pushkin received overall positive reviews and considered to be 'the most brilliant and fullest translation' of Pushkin's works because Lowenfeld succeeded in preserving original and distinctive rhythms of most poems so one can easily recognise which poem this is without any knowledge of English:Я вас любил: любовь еще, быть может, I loved you once, and still, perhaps, love’s yearningВ душе моей угасла не совсем; Within my soul has not quite burned away.Но пусть она вас больше не тревожит; Yet may that nevermore you be concerning;Я не хочу печалить"
"). Similarly, in ""Love's Way"", Cullen's poem portrays a love that shares and unifies the world. The poem suggests that ""love is not demanding, all, itself/ Withholding aught; love's is nobler way/ of courtesy"" . In the poem, the speaker contends that ""Love rehabilitates unto the end."" Love fixes itself, regrows, and heals. Countee Cullen Countee Cullen (born Countee LeRoy Porter; May 30, 1903 – January 9, 1946) was an American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwright during the Harlem Renaissance. Countee LeRoy Porter was born on May 30, 1903, but due to a lack of records of his early"
"grief. The lovers are then buried by King Mark, who finally discovers the cause of their love and pardons them. Their grave in turn is swallowed by the ocean where they find their final rest. Tristram of Lyonesse Tristram of Lyonesse is a long epic poem written by the British poet Algernon Charles Swinburne, that recounts in grand fashion the famous medieval story of the ill-fated lovers Tristan and Isolde (Tristram and Iseult in Swinburne's version). It was first published in 1882 by Chatto and Windus, in a volume entitled ""Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems"". Swinburne himself considered ""Tristram"
"are partly editorial reconstructions. In the notebook the first stanza of ""Never pain to tell thy love"" has been marked for deletion. Two variant readings are sometimes found in published versions of the poem. In the first line ""seek"" was deleted by Blake and replaced by ""pain"", and the final line replaced the deleted version ""He took her with a sigh"". Never seek to tell thy love ""Never pain to tell the love"" is a poem by William Blake. It was first published in 1863 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in his edition of Blake's poems, which formed the second volume"
"vernacular traces found in Boiardo's work were no longer accepted. The original text, no longer read or published, was newly discovered by Antonio Panizzi in the British Museum Library (1830). Another Renaissance poet, Torquato Tasso borrowed many of Boiardo's epic conventions, although his ""Jerusalem Delivered"" does not use the Orlando frame. An unabridged English translation was performed by Charles Stanley Ross, published in 2004 by Parlor Press. Orlando Innamorato Orlando Innamorato (; known in English as ""Orlando in Love""; in Italian titled ""Orlando innamorato"" as the ""I"" is never capitalized) is an epic poem written by the Italian Renaissance author"
"Richard Lovelace Richard Lovelace (pronounced , homophone of ""loveless"") (9 December 1617 – 1657) was an English poet in the seventeenth century. He was a cavalier poet who fought on behalf of the king during the Civil War. His best known works are ""To Althea, from Prison"", and ""To Lucasta, Going to the Warres"". Richard Lovelace was born on 9 December 1617. His exact birthplace is unknown, and may have been Woolwich, Kent, or Holland. He was the oldest son of Sir William Lovelace and Anne Barne Lovelace. He had four brothers and three sisters. His father was from a"
"Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley ( ; 4 August 17928 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets, who is regarded by some as among the finer lyric and philosophical poets in the English language, and one of the more influential. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not see fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily following his death. Shelley was a key member of a close circle of visionary poets and writers that included Lord Byron, Leigh Hunt, Thomas Love"
"Dante of non-being."" Considered one of the greatest Polish poets in history - if not ""the greatest Polish poet"" ever - Leśmian is certainly one of the most interesting artists of the interwar period, creator of a uniquely stylised Polish folk ballad and profoundly personal - and, nevertheless, popular - metaphysical lyrics. In addition, he is frequently mentioned as the most notable poet of erotic verses in the history of the Polish language. Bolesław Leśmian Bolesław Leśmian (born Bolesław Lesman; January 22, 1877 – November 5, 1937) was a Polish poet, artist and member of the Polish Academy of Literature,"
"than you know to separate sex from love."" Rosemary Tonks Rosemary Tonks (17 October 1928 – 15 April 2014) was an English poet and author. After publishing two poetry collections, six novels, and pieces in numerous media outlets, she disappeared from the public eye after her conversion to Fundamentalist Christianity in the 1970s; little was known about her life past that point, until her death. Rosemary Desmond Boswell Tonks was born 17 October 1928 in Gillingham, Kent, the only child of Gwendoline (née Verdi) and Desmond Tonks, a mechanical engineer. Desmond, who died of blackwater fever in Africa before Rosemary's"
"his eyes. Congreve suffered a carriage accident in late September 1728, from which he never recovered (having probably received an internal injury); he died in London in January 1729, and was buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. Two of Congreve's phrases from ""The Mourning Bride"" (1697) have become famous, although sometimes misquoted or misattributed to William Shakespeare. Congreve coined another famous phrase in ""Love for Love"" (1695): William Congreve William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright and poet of the Restoration period. He is known for his clever, satirical dialogue and influence on"
"Abbot of Tivoli The Abbot of Tivoli (Italian: Abate di Tivoli) was an Italian poet of the thirteenth century. His birth and death dates are not known, but he was alive at least between 1230 and 1250. Only three of his sonnets are known, written as an exchange in ""tenzone"" with Giacomo da Lentini, concerning the nature of love. The abbot argues a conventional perspective on love: ""the abbot predictably complains of unrequited love and pledges his fidelity to the god of love in the hope that the lady, like himself, will be stricken by love's arrow."" They were probably"
"The Wallace (poem) The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace (), also known as The Wallace, is a long ""romantic biographical"" poem by the fifteenth-century Scottish ""makar"" of the name Blind Harry probably at some time in the decade before 1488. As the title suggests, it commemorates and eulogises the life and actions of the Scottish freedom fighter William Wallace who lived a century and a half earlier. The poem is historically inaccurate, and mentions several events that never happened. For several hundred years following its publication, ""The Wallace"" was the second most popular"
"The Blessed Damozel ""The Blessed Damozel"" is perhaps the best known poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti as well as the title of some of his best known paintings. The poem was first published in 1850 in the Pre-Raphaelite journal ""The Germ"". Rossetti subsequently revised the poem twice and republished it in 1856, 1870 and 1873. The poem was partially inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's poem ""The Raven"", with its depiction of a lover grieving on Earth over the death of his loved one. Rossetti chose to represent the situation in reverse. The poem describes the damozel observing her lover from"
"Paradise Lost Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books (in the manner of Virgil's ""Aeneid"") with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification. It is considered by critics to be Milton's major work, and it helped solidify his reputation as one of the greatest English poets of his time. The poem concerns the biblical story of the Fall of Man: the"
"Lost"" while blind (he dictated to helpers) inspired loosely biographical paintings by both Fuseli and Eugène Delacroix. Paradise Lost Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books (in the manner of Virgil's ""Aeneid"") with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification. It is considered by critics to be Milton's major work, and it helped solidify his reputation as one of the greatest"
"Alfred, Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was a British poet. He was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, ""Timbuktu"". He published his first solo collection of poems, ""Poems Chiefly Lyrical"" in 1830. ""Claribel"" and ""Mariana"", which remain some of Tennyson's most celebrated poems, were included in this volume. Although decried by some critics as overly sentimental, his"
"before his death he came to Paris where he was found dead one day; the cause of his death remains unknown. His wallet contained only a piece of paper saying ""without hair, without teeth, without money, without a woman, without an apartment etc."" He worked with the famous review ""Les Cahiers du Sud"" and also with Action Poétique. Gérald Neveu Gérald Neveu (August 10, 1921, Marseille - February 28, 1960, Paris) was a French poet. Called by some ""one of the gentlest poètes maudits"", he was born to Louis Neveu and Marthe Bonnaud in Marseille. Having lost his family and"
"Lenore ""Lenore"" is a poem by the American author Edgar Allan Poe. It began as a different poem, ""A Paean"", and was not published as ""Lenore"" until 1843. The poem discusses proper decorum in the wake of the death of a young woman, described as ""the queenliest dead that ever died so young"". The poem concludes: ""No dirge shall I upraise,/ But waft the angel on her flight with a paean of old days!"" Lenore's fiancé, Guy de Vere, finds it inappropriate to ""mourn"" the dead; rather, one should celebrate their ascension to a new world. Unlike most of Poe's"