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"To the Nightingale" is one of the well-known poems of the English Poet John Milton (1608 – 1674).
In this poem the speaker presents a contrast between love and hate, using the symbols of nightingale and cuckoo birds respectively. The theme of the poem is the contrast and strife between love and hate. Its main idea suggests that love eventually prevails.
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O Nightingale, that on yon bloomy Spray
Warbl’st at eeve, when all the Woods are still,
Thou with fresh hope the Lovers heart dost fill,
While the jolly hours lead on propitious May,
Thy liquid notes that close the eye of Day,
First heard before the shallow Cuccoo’s bill
Portend success in love; O if Jove’s will
Have linkt that amorous power to thy soft lay,
Now timely sing, ere the rude Bird of Hate
Foretell my hopeles doom in som Grove ny:
As thou from yeer to yeer hast sung too late
For my relief; yet hadst no reason why,
Whether the Muse, or Love call thee his mate,
Both them I serve, and of their train am I.
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Read by Nicolo Cattaruzza
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