The Rural Maid By Fernando M. Maramag

The Rural Maid

By Fernando M. Maramag

1.

Thy glance, sweet maid, when first we met,

Had left a heart that aches for thee,

I feel the pain of fond regret—

Thy heart, perchance, is not for me.

2.

We parted: though we met no more,

My dreams are dreams of thee, fair maid;

I think of thee, my thoughts implore

The hours my lips on thine are laid.

3.

Forgive these words that love impart,

And pleading, bare the poet’s breast;

And if a rose with thorns thou art,

Yet on my breast that rose may rest.

4.

I know not what to name thy charms,

Thou art half human, half divine;

And if I could hold thee in my arms,

I know both heaven and earth were mine.

INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY:

  Write a close analysis/critical interpretation or brief essay (three-stanza)- (PERSONAL THEME & MESSAGE) about the poem of Fernando Maramag, write it on your notebook and post it on your FB account tagged to my FB account or present thru a video presentation.”