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Favourite Love Poems
Author: Margaret Howard

Following the success of 'England's Favourite Poems', we are delighted to present this programme of favourite love poems, chosen by Margaret Howard and Sam Small. The poems cover a wide range of moods and periods, from exquisite sonnets by William Shakespeare, to famous poems by Thomas Hardy and other great names of the nineteenth century. We ha... more »ve also included some Emily Dickinson, one of America's greatest poets. The themes of the poem include fresh, young love, love lost, and the mature love which comes from years of loving, and of experiencing relationships. Sometimes the lovers described in the poetry are beautiful, and loved for that. But occasionally, they are clearly not beautiful in any absolute sort of way: but these characters are adored no less than the others, despite (or even because of!) their physical frailties or quirks, which can be described in the poetry in glorious detail. The music comprises four of Franz Schubert's greatest impromptus, which were written and published in the 1820s. They are played on a Bechstein piano from the late nineteenth century. They were written for intimate occasions: gatherings of friends where music would be made, songs sung and poetry read, and their mix of gentle and passionate moods is well suited to our collection of love poems. Impromptus No 3 & 4 (tracks 13 & 27) are featured in the superb film of Henry James' The Portrait of a Lady, directed by Jane Campion in 1996. 1 Impromptu in C minor D899/1 Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 2 Love from 'Sonnets from the Portuguese' XIV If thou must love me Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) 3 The lover showeth how he is forsaken They flee from me Thomas Wyatt (c.1503-1542) 4 My true-love hath my heart Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) 5 The passionate shepherd to his love Come live with me and be my love Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) 6 Her reply If all the world Christopher Marlowe 7 The married lover Why, having won her, do I woo? Coventry Patmore (1823-1896) 8 I do not love thee! Caroline E.S. Norton (1808-1877) 9 Impromptu in E flat major D899/2 Franz Schubert 10 Sonnet 15 When I consider every thing that grows William Shakespeare (1564-1616) 11 A church romance She turned in the high pew Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) 12 Sonnet 57 Being your slave William Shakespeare 13 Impromptu in G flat major D899/3 Franz Schubert 14 Romance I will make you brooches Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) 15 Sonnet 138 When my love swears William Shakespeare 16 A broken appointment You did not come Thomas Hardy 17 Sonnet 94 They that have power to hurt William Shakespeare 18 The dark-eyed gentleman I pitched my day's leazings in Crimmercrock Lane Thomas Hardy 19 Sonnet 145 Those lips that love's own hand William Shakespeare 20 Love LV I envy seas whereon he rides Emily Dickinson (1830-1866) 21 Andante from Piano Sonata in C major K545ii Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1792) 22 She walks in beauty from Hebrew Melodies Lord Byron (1788-1824) 23 Love is a sickness Samuel Daniel (1562-1619) 24 Now sleeps the crimson petal from The Princess Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) 25 La belle dame sans merci O what can ail thee? John Keats (1795-1821) 26 Tell me not (Sweet) Richard Lovelace (1618-1658) 27 Impromptu in A flat major D899/4 Franz Schubert 28 A Birthday My heart is like a singing bird Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) 29 Go, lovely rose Edmund Waller (1606-1687) 30 Love's farewell Since there's no help Michael Drayton (1563-1631) 31 Counsel to girls Gather ye rose-buds Robert Herrick (1591-1674) 32 Under the waterfall Whenever I plunge my arm Thomas Hardy

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ISBN-13: 9781904883098
ISBN-10: 1904883095
Publication Date: 2/4/2005
Pages: 1
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