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رحلة عمر · 2010- 5- 23

Song

Ask me no more where Jove bestows,
When June is past, the fading rose;
For in your beauty's orient deep
These flowers, as in their causes, sleep.

Ask me no more whither doth stray
The golden atoms of the day;
For in pure love heaven did prepare
Those powders to enrich your hair.

Ask me no more whither doth haste
The nightingale, when May is past;
For in your sweet, dividing throat
She winters, and keeps warm her note.

Ask me no more where those stars light,
That downwards fall in dead of night;
For in your eyes they sit, and there
Fixed become, as in their sphere.

Ask me no more if east or west
The phoenix builds her spicy nest;
For unto you at last she flies,
And in your fragrant bosom dies

You will see in this song that he is playful and he's showing his country house kind of poetry very playful and very entertaining. He is addressing lovers. He imagines that there is a lover who is pale or sick of love. We have a kind of dramatic approach here and that's why we have a direct question. Remember the kind of argumentative style questions and answers asking something and waiting for answers.
He is addressing this lover asking why do you look so pale and try to find an answer for the sickness or that paleness of this lover.

Is it because when you look strong and healthy you cannot influence your lover, so you have to look so pale to have an influence on her. It's a song about love and we have the same idea repeated in different stanzas he repeats it even the same expression

Ask me no more where Jove bestows,
When June is past, the fading rose;
For in your beauty's orient deep
These flowers, as in their causes, sleep.

By Jove is a way of swearing. Usually the color of the rose is either pink or red. He says when does the color of the rose fade?

Usually in spring roses flourish. May is the last month in spring and after it June comes which is the beginning of summer and in summer the flowers begin to fade.

He says that in June where does the color of the rose go? He said that these flowers after fading they sleep in his beloved’s face. It means that her face has the color of the rose. So it goes and stay in her cheeks.

Ask me no more whither doth stray
The golden atoms of the day;
For in pure love heaven did prepare
Those powders to enrich your hair.

Look in the rays of the sun, you see small atoms. Don't ask where do they go after the day ends. After the day light fades, it goes to his beloved’s hair. So her hair is golden, so he repeats the same idea saying that her hair is bright like the rays of the sun.

Ask me no more whither doth haste
The nightingale, when May is past;
For in your sweet, dividing throat
She winters, and keeps warm her note.

The nightingale is a kind of bird with a very sweet and beautiful voice, so now he's going to speak about their voice. So he says don't ask me where does the nightingale goes after May which is the time of the meeting of birds. When the season ends, we usually don't see the birds, so don't ask me where does that nightingale go. It goes to stay in her throat to get warm. So here he is describing her voice that she has a good voice or a beautiful voice like the nightingale. So he is repeating the same idea describing the beauty of his beloved.

Ask me no more where those stars light,
That downwards fall in dead of night;
For in your eyes they sit, and there
Fixed become, as in their sphere.

He is describing her eyes as shinning stars …… what happens after the night has gone? The stars disappear from the sky and her eye becomes the sphere of the stars and this is a scientific conceit taken from astrology.

Ask me no more if east or west
The phoenix builds her spicy nest;
For unto you at last she flies,
And in your fragrant bosom dies

The phoenix is a kind of imaginary bird, it's male and a female together, so it has the ability of being reborn again but not out of eggs but out of ashes of course this is mythical taken from mythology. It's not touched and it doesn't come out of the eggs, so it's not touched, it's like a virgin, so it's a symbol of purity and chastity.

He says don't ask me where it builds its nest in the east or in the west. At last it builds a nest in you, so you are the symbol of virtue, like this bird. It disappears in your bosom.

2010- 5- 23	#1304
رحلة عمر أكـاديـمـي ذهـبـي الملف الشخصي: رقم العضوية : 17627 تاريخ التسجيل: Fri Jan 2009 المشاركات: 923 الـجنــس : أنـثـى عدد الـنقـاط : 329 مؤشر المستوى: 79 بيانات الطالب: الكلية: كلية الاداب بالدمام الدراسة: انتظام التخصص: English literature المستوى: المستوى الخامس	رد: •• {{ 2nd year English students cafe «« *Song* Ask me no more where Jove bestows, When June is past, the fading rose; For in your beauty's orient deep These flowers, as in their causes, sleep. Ask me no more whither doth stray The golden atoms of the day; For in pure love heaven did prepare Those powders to enrich your hair. Ask me no more whither doth haste The nightingale, when May is past; For in your sweet, dividing throat She winters, and keeps warm her note. Ask me no more where those stars light, That downwards fall in dead of night; For in your eyes they sit, and there Fixed become, as in their sphere. Ask me no more if east or west The phoenix builds her spicy nest; For unto you at last she flies, And in your fragrant bosom dies You will see in this song that he is playful and he's showing his country house kind of poetry very playful and very entertaining. He is addressing lovers. He imagines that there is a lover who is pale or sick of love. We have a kind of dramatic approach here and that's why we have a direct question. Remember the kind of argumentative style questions and answers asking something and waiting for answers. He is addressing this lover asking why do you look so pale and try to find an answer for the sickness or that paleness of this lover. Is it because when you look strong and healthy you cannot influence your lover, so you have to look so pale to have an influence on her. It's a song about love and we have the same idea repeated in different stanzas he repeats it even the same expression Ask me no more where Jove bestows, When June is past, the fading rose; For in your beauty's orient deep These flowers, as in their causes, sleep. By Jove is a way of swearing. Usually the color of the rose is either pink or red. He says when does the color of the rose fade? Usually in spring roses flourish. May is the last month in spring and after it June comes which is the beginning of summer and in summer the flowers begin to fade. He says that in June where does the color of the rose go? He said that these flowers after fading they sleep in his beloved’s face. It means that her face has the color of the rose. So it goes and stay in her cheeks. Ask me no more whither doth stray The golden atoms of the day; For in pure love heaven did prepare Those powders to enrich your hair. Look in the rays of the sun, you see small atoms. Don't ask where do they go after the day ends. After the day light fades, it goes to his beloved’s hair. So her hair is golden, so he repeats the same idea saying that her hair is bright like the rays of the sun. Ask me no more whither doth haste The nightingale, when May is past; For in your sweet, dividing throat She winters, and keeps warm her note. The nightingale is a kind of bird with a very sweet and beautiful voice, so now he's going to speak about their voice. So he says don't ask me where does the nightingale goes after May which is the time of the meeting of birds. When the season ends, we usually don't see the birds, so don't ask me where does that nightingale go. It goes to stay in her throat to get warm. So here he is describing her voice that she has a good voice or a beautiful voice like the nightingale. So he is repeating the same idea describing the beauty of his beloved. Ask me no more where those stars light, That downwards fall in dead of night; For in your eyes they sit, and there Fixed become, as in their sphere. He is describing her eyes as shinning stars …… what happens after the night has gone? The stars disappear from the sky and her eye becomes the sphere of the stars and this is a scientific conceit taken from astrology. Ask me no more if east or west The phoenix builds her spicy nest; For unto you at last she flies, And in your fragrant bosom dies The phoenix is a kind of imaginary bird, it's male and a female together, so it has the ability of being reborn again but not out of eggs but out of ashes of course this is mythical taken from mythology. It's not touched and it doesn't come out of the eggs, so it's not touched, it's like a virgin, so it's a symbol of purity and chastity. He says don't ask me where it builds its nest in the east or in the west. At last it builds a nest in you, so you are the symbol of virtue, like this bird. It disappears in your bosom.