Music
by Walter de la Mare
When music sounds, gone is the earth I know, And all her lovely things even lovelier grow; Her flowers in vision flame, her forest trees
Lift burdened branches, stilled with ecstasies.
Day: August 23, 2012
Happy Birthday, Lord Byron | arfore dot com
Today is the birthday of Lord Byron, an English poet born in 1788 in Scotland. He was born George Gordon Noel.
His first success was the poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage written in 1812, which is based around his journeys from England to the eastern Mediterranean.
Check out today’s daily poem for another of his more recognizable poems, She Walks in Beauty.
This particular poem is one of my favorites, and it was featured in the television series Beauty and the Beast that ran on the CBS network in the US from 1987 until 1990. The first season of this show has recently been released on DVD.