13 May 2012


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Beamed from the Saucer Pod By The 3rd Elf at 03:32

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ElvisSweet said...

Sailing To Byzantium



I
That is no country for old men. The young
In one another's arms, birds in the trees
---Those dying generations---at their song,
The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas,
Fish, flesh, or fowl commend all summer long
Whatever is begotten, born, and dies.
Caught in that sensual music all neglect
Monuments of unaging intellect.

II
An aged man is but a paltry thing,
A tattered coat upon a stick, unless
Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing
For every tatter in its mortal dress,
Nor is there singing school but studying
Monuments of its own magnificence;
And therefore I have sailed the seas and come
To the holy city of Byzantium.

III
O sages standing in God's holy fire
As in the gold mosaic of a wall,
Come from the holy fire, perne in a gyre,
And be the singing-masters of my soul.
Consume my heart away; sick with desire
And fastened to a dying animal
It knows not what it is; and gather me
Into the artifice of eternity.

IV
Once out of nature I shall never take
My bodily form from any natural thing,
But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make
Of hammered gold and gold enamelling
To keep a drowsy Emperor awake;
Or set upon a golden bough to sing
To lords and ladies of Byzantium
Of what is past, or passing, or to come.


William Butler Yeats

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 5:26:00 PM  
dave1010 said...

Hear Here!
Endure
Mni

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 1:40:00 AM  
Stella Blue said...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:55:00 AM  
Visible said...

If you're the same trouble maker that tried to start shit with Stella Blue last time, it's no longer permitted, nor is it going to slip through as you can see.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 10:54:00 PM  
Stella Blue said...

WOW! s.o.b.--not again??! Thank you, Visible for intercepting--whatever was gonna be the vile comment. Loved your radio show! Am listening to others from the old archives, too. Blessings, Viz.

Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:10:00 AM  

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