Week 21 Submission
HI.
Theme's early so everybody can have a good early start. 8D Anyway the theme for this week is Verse: Israfel by Edgar Allan Poe, one of my favorite poems from Mr. Poe. 8D
I.
In Heaven a spirit both dwell
Whose heart-strings are a lute -
None sing so wild - so well
As the angel Israfel -
And the giddy stars are mute.
II.
Tottering above
In her highest noon
The enamoured moon
Blushes with love -
While, to listen, the red levin
Pauses in Heaven.
III.
And they say (the starry choir
And all the listening things)
That Israfeli's fire
Is owing to that lyre
With those unusual strings.
IV.
But the Heavens that angel trod
Where deep thoughts are a duty -
Where Love is a grown god -
Where Houri glances are - -
- Stay! turn thine eyes afar! -
Imbued with all the beauty
Which we worship in yon star.
V.
Thou art not, therefore, wrong
Israfeli, who despisest
An unimpassion'd song:
To thee the laurels belong
Best bard, - because the wisest.
VI.
The ecstasies above
With thy burning measures suit -
Thy grief - if any - thy love
With the fervor of thy lute -
Well may the stars be mute!
VII.
Yes, Heaven is thine: but this
Is a world of sweets and sours:
Our flowers are merely - flowers,
And the shadow of thy bliss
Is the sunshine of ours.
VIII.
If I did dwell where Israfel
Hath dwelt, and he where I,
He would not sing one half as well -
One half as passionately,
And a stormier note than this would swell
From my lyre within the sky.
Rules
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Deadline is on Friday, July 20 2007 @ 9 PM EST. Good luck and have fun~
Theme's early so everybody can have a good early start. 8D Anyway the theme for this week is Verse: Israfel by Edgar Allan Poe, one of my favorite poems from Mr. Poe. 8D
I.
In Heaven a spirit both dwell
Whose heart-strings are a lute -
None sing so wild - so well
As the angel Israfel -
And the giddy stars are mute.
II.
Tottering above
In her highest noon
The enamoured moon
Blushes with love -
While, to listen, the red levin
Pauses in Heaven.
III.
And they say (the starry choir
And all the listening things)
That Israfeli's fire
Is owing to that lyre
With those unusual strings.
IV.
But the Heavens that angel trod
Where deep thoughts are a duty -
Where Love is a grown god -
Where Houri glances are - -
- Stay! turn thine eyes afar! -
Imbued with all the beauty
Which we worship in yon star.
V.
Thou art not, therefore, wrong
Israfeli, who despisest
An unimpassion'd song:
To thee the laurels belong
Best bard, - because the wisest.
VI.
The ecstasies above
With thy burning measures suit -
Thy grief - if any - thy love
With the fervor of thy lute -
Well may the stars be mute!
VII.
Yes, Heaven is thine: but this
Is a world of sweets and sours:
Our flowers are merely - flowers,
And the shadow of thy bliss
Is the sunshine of ours.
VIII.
If I did dwell where Israfel
Hath dwelt, and he where I,
He would not sing one half as well -
One half as passionately,
And a stormier note than this would swell
From my lyre within the sky.
Rules
If you wish to partake in a weekly contest, reply to the entry and do post the icon and the URL to the image. Posts will be screened. Also, make sure your icon is within Livejournal requirements, that is, at most 100x100 or 40KB or less and a .jpg, .gif, or .png. You may submit up to two icons. Also, you are only allowed to use three (3) consecutive words from any of the stanzas in the poem.
Submission format is as follow:
URL: http://userpic.livejournal.com/60208195/10848759
Deadline is on Friday, July 20 2007 @ 9 PM EST. Good luck and have fun~