William Shakespeare was called the Bard of Avon

William Shakespeare was called the Bard of Avon. He is the synonym of poetry. He is the most performed dramatist. Shakespeare was born in 1564. In 1594 he worked at a theater company. It later became the Royal Company. He was a playwright and an actor. Shakespeare died in 1616 on the day of his birthday at Stratford- upon – Avon. He was buried at the Holy Trinity Church in Stratfordupon – Avon. He wrote 154 sonnets. William Shakespeare. (1564 - 1616) The Renaissance.

Sonnet 116, by William Shakespeare Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love. Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. Oh no, it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth is unknown, although his height be taken. Love is not times fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickles compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this be error and upon me proved, I never wrote nor no men be loved.

Robert Burns was born in Scotland, 25 th of January, 1759. Burn’s poetry falls into two groups: English and Scottish. His English poems are ordinary 18 -thcentury verse. But in Scottish poetry he got extraordinary triumphs. This is one of the world’s best-known world’s love songs. Robert Burns. (1759 – 1796) Pre – Romantic Poetry.

A Red, Red Rose, by Robert Burns Oh my Luvs, like a red, red rose That`s newly sprung in June. Oh my Luvs, like the melody That`s sweetly played in tune. As faire art thou, my bonnie lass So deep in Luve am I And I will luve thee still, my dear Till all the seas gang dry, my dear And the rocks melt with the sun And I will luve thee still, my dear While the sands oh life shall run. And fare thee weel, my only Luve And I will come again, my luve, Though it were ten thousand miles.

Thomas Moore was born in Dublin May, 28, 1779. His poetry was very famous. His first book «Odes of Anacreon» was a success. Moore died on February, 25, 1852. Thomas Moore wrote the worldwide known poem «Those Evening Bells» in a village Mayfield. This poem was inspired by the sound of the bells of Ash Bourne Church just across the river. Thomas Moore. (1779 – 1852) Romanticism.

Those evening bells, by Thomas Moore Those evening bells! How many a tale their music tells, Of youth and home and that sweet time, When last I heard their soothing chime! Those joyous hours are past away! And many a heart, that then was gay, Within the tomb now darkly dwells, And hears no more those evening bells! And so it will be when I am gone, That tuneful peal will still ring on While other bards shall walk these dells And sing your praise, sweet evening bells!

The great English poet George Gordon Byron was born in 1788 in an old aristocratic family. In 1807, when Byron was a student, he published his first collection of poems «Hours of Idleness» . In 1809 he went traveling and visited Portugal, Spain, Greece and Turkey. Byron described his travels in a long poem «Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage» . In 1817 Byron went to Italy where he lived until 1823. In Italy Byron wrote many of his best poems: «Cain» , «Farewell» , «My Soul is Dark» , «The Dream» , and «Darkness» . He died in April 1824. George Gordon Byron. (1788 – 1824) Romanticism.

Twilight, by George Gordon Byron It is the hour, when from the boughs The nightingales high note is heard. It is the hour, when lovers vows Seem sweet in every whispered word. And gentle winds and waters near Make music to the lonely ear. Each flower the dews have lightly wet And in the sky the stars are met And on the wave is deeper blue And on the leaf a browner hue. And in the heaven, that clear obscure So softly dark and darkly pure. Which follows the decline of day, As twilight melts beneath the moon away.

On the 30 th of December in India a baby-boy was born in a family, who lived in India. The parents gave him a strange name – Rudyard - that was the name of the lake. In 1886 he published his first book of poetry «Department Ditties» and between 1887 and 1889 he published six books of short stories about India. He became famous when he was just 25. He died in England on January 1936. Rudyard Kipling. (1865 - 1936) Literature of the 20 th century.

If If you can keep your head when all about you If you can make one heap of all your winnings Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, And lose and start again at your beginnings But make allowance for their doubting too; And never breath a word about your loss, If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, To serve your turn long after they are gone Or being hated, don’t give way to hating, And so hold on when there is nothing in you And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise: Except the Will which says to them “Hold on” If you can dream and not make dreams your master, If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, If you can think and not make thoughts your aim; If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster If all men court with you but none too much, And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can fill the unforgiving minute If you can bear to hear the truth you have spoken With sixty seconds worth of distance run Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Your is the Earth and everything that’s in it, Or watch the things you gave your life to broken And – which is more – you `ll be a Man, my son! And stoop and build them up with worn out tools Or walk with kings – nor lose the common touch

Alan Alexander Milne was born in London. His first book «Lovers in London» appeared in 1905. In 1910 he became well – known as a playwright. But Milne’s most popular works are «Winnie – the Pooh» and «The House at Pooh Corner» . He died in Hart field, Sussex, on January 31, 1956. Alan Alexander Milne. (1882 - 1956) Literature of the 20 th century.

Wind on the hill, by A. Milne No one can tell me, Nobody knows, Where the wind comes from, Where the wind goes. It is flying from somewhere As fast as it can. I couldn`t keep up with it Not if I ran. But if I stopped holding The string of my kite, It would blow with the wind For a day and a night. And then when I found it, Wherever it blew, I should know that the wind Had been going there too. So then I could tell them, Where the wind goes. But where the wind comes from, Nobody knows.

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston. From 1815 to 1820 the Allans lived in England. In 1826 he went to the University of Virginia, but was removed from there in 1827. The same year he ran off to Boston where he published «Tamerlane and other poems» . Then he moved to New York, where he published «The Raven and other poems» and «Tales» , both in 1845. By the middle of the fourties Poe was a well – known member of the New York literary circle. Edgar Allan Poe. (1809 - 1849) Romanticism.

To Helen, by Edgar Allan Poe Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nisean barks of yore. That gently, o` er a perfumed sea The weary, way-worn wanderer bore To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome. Lo! In you brilliant window niche. How statue like I see thee stand The agate lamp within the hand! Ah, Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy Land!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine, to the family of a judge. Longfellow’s first book of prose, Hyperion, A Romance, as well as his first volume of verse, Voices of the Night appeared in 1839. His poetry dealt with nature, except Poems on Slavery, which he wrote in 1842 to support the anti – slavery struggle. He wrote The Song of Hiawatha, a skilful and beautiful imitation of epic poetry. He died in 1882. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. (1807 - 1882) Romanticism.

The Arrow and the song, by Henry Longfellow I shot an arrow in to the air. It fell to earth, I knew not where. For so swiftly it flew the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air. It fell to earth, I knew not where For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of a song. Long, long afterward in an oak I found the arrow still unbroke. And the song from beginning to end I found again in the heart of a friend.

Emily Dickinson is an outstanding American women poet of lyric verse. The first three series of Emily Dickinson’s poems came out in the 1890’s. Emily Dickinson is known to have written almost 1. 775 poems. Her best poems are serious, aphoristic, timeless, expressing the joy and sorrow of human existence, the beauty of everlasting Nature. Emily Dickinson. (1830 - 1886) Romanticism.

From the poems, by Emily Dickinson Success is counted sweetest, By those who never succed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. Not one of all the purple host, Who took the flag today, Can tell the definition So clear of victory. As he defeated dying – On whose forbidden ear The distant strains of triumph Burst agonized and clear!

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