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17:55 Nov 6, 2017 |
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO] Art/Literary - Music / Renaissance Madrigal | |||||||
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4 +1 | May we not lose it |
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2 | and leave it to everyone else |
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2 | leaves it up to fate |
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and leave it to everyone else Explanation: AFAIK not a specific idion, just poetic (and rather archaic) language. I think Phil is right: the poet is saying that after seeing what Love does to people, they decide, with some regret, perhaps, to renounce the search for love and leave it for others... 'the world" meaning 'everyone else' and 'to let it remain' being a now-archaic way of saying 'to leave it'. |
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leaves it up to fate Explanation: In May, while I was walking, Mindlessly talking, it occurred to me to say: Wherever Eros/Amor is, I've noticed, there is pain and joy. He infuses everything with The possibility of love But leaves its actualization up to Fate. |
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May we not lose it Explanation: then with a sigh I did refrain, AND TO THE WORLD LET IT REMAIN. Note the "sigh". As I read it, the author is hoping that the world will not lose Love. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 17 hrs (2017-11-07 11:53:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I don't think that "the world" means "everybody else". I think it means the world as opposed to heaven. So, whatever the difficulties involved, the poet wishes love to remain a feature of life here and now, not just in the hereafter. |
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