She sang beyond the genius of the sea...
Wallace Stevens is one of my favorites too.
Yes. Lucky for you, people may be in danger.
Buffy ,'Him'
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Deena - Feb 26, 2004 1:15:48 am PST #6850 of 9843
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Trudy Booth - Feb 26, 2004 2:33:26 am PST #6851 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Angus! Haven't seen you in AGES!
Angus G - Feb 26, 2004 12:00:15 pm PST #6852 of 9843
Roguish Laird
Hi Trudy! Mwah!
erikaj - Feb 27, 2004 9:50:22 am PST #6853 of 9843
Always Anti-fascist!
Hi, Angus!!
Sophia Brooks - Feb 27, 2004 10:20:16 am PST #6854 of 9843
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I love Yeats and Eliot, but Eliot a bit more, I think.
Doesn't the Mermaids singing bit come from John Donne:
Go and catch a falling star,
Get with child a mandrake root,
Tell me where all past years are,
Or who cleft the Devil's foot,
Teach me to hear the mermaidssinging,
Or to keep off envy's stinging,
And find
What wind
Serves to advance an honest mind.
Deena - Feb 27, 2004 12:11:58 pm PST #6855 of 9843
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
In The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock there's one stanza that goes:
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
It's my understanding that the mermaids are supposed to sing to passersby, to sailors, but they sing to one another, not to him.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 27, 2004 2:36:58 pm PST #6856 of 9843
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Oh-- I was unclear-- i though Eliot was riffing off the Donne, and all the "mermaid singing" book titles were riffing off the Eliot.
evil jimi - Feb 27, 2004 8:54:51 pm PST #6857 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
can I just break into this 20th Century Poet Deathmatch to say moonlit is a legend!
Eliot and cummings rule!
As does Sorley McLean!
Deena - Feb 27, 2004 10:02:48 pm PST #6858 of 9843
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Sophia, and if I'd been paying more attention, I would have known you meant that. As for whether it's true or not, I have no clue. The idea of mermaids has been around for a long time. I don't see a specific reference to Donne's mermaids, but I'm a long time away from my school days and I've gotten awfully rusty.
Fred Pete - Mar 01, 2004 3:31:11 am PST #6859 of 9843
Ann, that's a ferret.
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Leeks and daffodils to all!