The Definition of Love


Posted on 16th Feb 2014 07:03 pm by admin

My love is of a birth as rare
As 'tis for object strange and high;
It was begotten by Despair
Upon Impossibility.

Magnanimous Despair alone
Could show me so divine a thing
Where feeble Hope could ne'er have flown,
But vainly flapp'd its tinsel wing.

And yet I quickly might arrive
Where my extended soul is fixt,
But Fate does iron wedges drive,
And always crowds itself betwixt.

For Fate with jealous eye does see
Two perfect loves, nor lets them close;
Their union would her ruin be,
And her tyrannic pow'r depose.

And therefore her decrees of steel
Us as the distant poles have plac'd,
(Though love's whole world on us doth wheel)
Not by themselves to be embrac'd;

Unless the giddy heaven fall,
And earth some new convulsion tear;
And, us to join, the world should all
Be cramp'd into a planisphere.

As lines, so loves oblique may well
Themselves in every angle greet;
But ours so truly parallel,
Though infinite, can never meet.

Therefore the love which us doth bind,
But Fate so enviously debars,
Is the conjunction of the mind,
And opposition of the stars.

-Andrew Marvell

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na hi pyaar badla hai or na hi jazbad

ना ही दिल बदला है मेरा,

ना ही मेरे ज़

Keep On Smiling

As you travel on life's way

With its many ups and downs,

Remember it's quite true

Lovely Eyed Guy

your eyes are so dreamy

your lips are so soft

your body is so lovely

why

A Friend Is Not Just Someone

A friend is not just someone who hangs out with you.

A friend is someone who cares about

Storm Of Fears

The winds are wild

The lightning strikes

The thunder booms

The storm is c

kya dhoondti rehti hai ye aankhe

सब कुछ तो है क्या ढूँढ़ती रहती हैं नि

To Lose Thee
To lose thee, sweeter than to gain
All other hearts I knew.
‘Tis true the drought is destitu

MUJHE NA BASANT BHATA HAI

मुझे न बसंत भाता है, 

 

न ही बह

Only Us....

Laid my head upon your chest

Your arms encircled me,

It was, My Love, as if we we

jiwan hi hai sundarta

वह जीवन भी क्या जीवन है,

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