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"Ganymed" is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in which the character of the mythic youth Ganymede is seduced by God (or Zeus) through the beauty of Spring. In early editions of the Collected Works it appeared in Volume II of Goethe's poems in a section of Vermischte Gedichte (assorted poems), shortly following the " Gesang der Geister ...
Me nis love never þe ner ant þat me reweþ sore. Suete lemmon þench on me—ich have loved þe ore. Suete lemmon y preye þe of love one speche, Whil y lyve in world so wyde oþer nulle y seche. Wiþ þy love my suete leof mi blis þou mihtes eche, A suete cos of þy mouþ mihte be my leche. Suete lemmon y preȝe þe of a love bene
Zeus pursues Ganymede on one side, while the youth runs away on the other side, rolling along a hoop while holding aloft a crowing cock. The Ganymede myth was depicted in recognizable contemporary terms, illustrated with common behavior of homoerotic courtship rituals, as on a vase by the "Achilles Painter" where Ganymede also flees with a cock.
"Cold Blow and a Rainy Night" (also known as "Cold Haily Windy Night", Let Me In This Ae Nicht", or "The Laird o’ Windy Wa's") is an English folk song which has been recorded by numerous musicians and musical groups, including James Bowie (Blind Jimmie), [1] Jeannie Robertson, [2] Steeleye Span, [3] Martin Carthy, [4] Planxty, [5] and the Exiles.
The song "The Smooth Love Song" (溜溜的情歌), from the album Hui Wei (回蔚) by Karen Mok, samples this song. The song "Kangding Love Song and Liuliu Tune" remix by Tan weiwei on I Am A Singer season 3, Ep9 in 2015. Sammo Hung sings a portion of the song in the movie Dragons Forever. This song is sampled in the Metal Slug 6 original ...
The poem paints the Tamil region in the cold season, with the northerly wind and retreating monsoonal rains. The people are described as huddling around fires, people then putting their warmed hands on their cheeks, how animals and birds shiver.
The original manuscript of the poem, BL Harley MS 2253 f.63 v "Alysoun" or "Alison", also known as "Bytuene Mersh ant Averil", is a late-13th or early-14th century poem in Middle English dealing with the themes of love and springtime through images familiar from other medieval poems.
Studwell describes the poem as "simple, direct and sincere" and notes that it is a rare example of a carol which has overcome the disadvantage of "not having a tune (or two or three) which has caught the imagination of holiday audiences." [7] Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine, Love was born at Christmas,