Under the greenwood tree
Who loves to lie with me,
And turn his merry note
Unto the sweet bird's throat,
Come hither, come hither, come hither:
Here shall he see
No enemy
But winter and rough weather.
Who doth ambition shun,
And loves to live i' the sun,
Seeking the food he eats,
And pleas'd with what he gets,
Come hither, come hither, come hither:
Here shall he see
No enemy
But winter and rough weather.
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I like totally love it, omg.
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It is like omg, sooooooo amazing. Like i cried when i read it, seriously. it's sooooo sooo sooo sooo beautiful and like, it's awwesome totally!
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hey
can u elaborate this poem to me ?
describe me what it says..
explain the poem to me
thanks.
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is this the origonal line breaks?
I like the way "rough weather" cuts short the rhythms of "come hither"
adds a sence of forbodding -
an enjpyable poem from one of the masters
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I'm not one for older poetry
But I like it.
We sing it in our chior class, and at our concert last week. So I know it as the song than just a poem. It made me grow fond of this one when we learned some stuff about it. -
As You Like It Act II scv (In the forest)
Sung in two parts: Amiens 'stanzo' one and all [Jaques, Amiens & friends] sing stanza two. The Arden Forest is the pastoral escape where courtly people learn true values. It is not Edenic (there is an 'old' Adam emblematic of that). In this song by Amiens life is pleasantly rural yet even here there are "winter and rough weather".
Lovely poem in the context of the Bard's famous comedy of manners. -
Donovan does a wonderful rendition of this poem on his album, "A Gift to a Flower to a Garden." I am sure that its being set to music is the only reason I know these words - like the troubadours found, when poems are given a tune, they have such a strong chance of surviving the ages and remaining memorable. I never would have suspected, when I was a girl, that this was an old poem. It was as current as any song of the seventies in my mind. lol. "Will you, won't you? Will you, won't you? Won't you join the band?"
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You are very informative and an asset to this site. Ron.
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this is my favourite poem... we studied it when i was at school (to what is equivilent to grade 10)
I totally loved this poem and i still do
the first 2 lines have been in my head for ages lol -
Some words are so perfectly composed that no one can explain the same thought in any other words...I have felt this poem while laying under the greenwood three...to me this poem is the first as well as the last lesson in mysticism.... where all of a sudden I perceive the meanings of
"Here shall he see
No enemy
But winter and rough weather."
There are so many deep metaphysical ideas behind these beautiful words that no one can express...so many words and thoughts...in so many dimensions...one thing I might suggest "this beautiful thought has a wonderful effect if read Under the greenwood tree.
This is One of my most favourite poems.
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I have also not read much old poetry cuz ive never really thought about doing it .....................................................hmm................
.why is andrew stokes so fit?! pml anywayz bye! -
I have not read much oldpoetry but this looks interseting. I might start to read some more old poetry stuf... well thanls for sharing and keep up the cool work!
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A great little play about escaping the confines of society to start anew in nature. I can't quite place this poem in it, but it may be touchstone the clown-- really resonates Duke Senior's line about the "icy fang, and churlish chiding of the winter's winds"-- he goes on to say that these are his counselors now-- the Duke has replaced the political world of the court with the world of the forest in this play, and the weather acts as his political commentary and opposition at the same time...
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What is the meaning of the poem?? PLEASE HELP!
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I like the idea of being comforted in our sociological surroundings. "No enemy but winter and rough weather" - and even that, it seems, we can tame.
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