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Poetry and Sunday

ravenrayravenray member
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I am reading Tennyson for my English.  He has some great lines!  Behold!
love is love for evermore.
Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade,
Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid.
Gah!  That gives me the shivers.  :)  I love Tennyson!  I just wanted to share his awesomeness incase anyone has every missed his genius!  Anyways, what is everyone else doing this rainy (for me) Sunday afternoon?  I am just doing homework at Starbucks, all day... 

"Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained"-C.S. Lewis

Married! May 27th, 2012

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  • marleylikeairmarleylikeair member
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    edited December 2011
    That's a nice one, Raven! Alfred Lord Tennyson rules. Speaking of three-named British poets, I also love William Butler Yeats:

    I WHISPERED, 'I am too young,'
    And then, 'I am old enough';
    Wherefore I threw a penny
    To find out if I might love.
    'Go and love, go and love, young man,
    If the lady be young and fair.'
    Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,
    I am looped in the loops of her hair.

    O love is the crooked thing,
    There is nobody wise enough
    To find out all that is in it,
    For he would be thinking of love
    Till the stars had run away
    And the shadows eaten the moon.
    Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,
    One cannot begin it too soon. 

    (I will admit I first heard this poem in the movie "Must Love Dogs." Christopher Plummer recites it pretty darned masterfully, if you ask me.)
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  • Elle1036Elle1036 member
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    edited December 2011
    Love it, Ray.  I'm looking for things like that to use as readings for our ceremony, since we're leaving religion out of it.
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  • Ember01Ember01
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    edited December 2011
    I worked on lesson plans/grading all day. Now I'm sitting here reading Dirty Little Secrets. A good book, but really sad :(
    ~~December 3, 2011~~
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  • ravenrayravenray member
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    edited December 2011

    Elle- what kind of stuff are you looking for?  I just finished up with the Romantics so there are lots of good quotes from them :)  Now we are doing the Victorians who are just as bad as the Romantics. :)

    Marley- I love Yeats too.  :) He has some great stuff!   Read it!

    Ember- I don't remember... what do you teach again?

    "Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained"-C.S. Lewis

    Married! May 27th, 2012

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  • Elle1036Elle1036 member
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    edited December 2011
    Well, when I say "I'm looking," I really mean "I intend to look".  It's going to be a while before I start actively compiling stuff for our ceremony, but I want to include a few classic, secular, beautiful pieces, so definitely feel free to send me anything you come across.  :)
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  • Ember01Ember01
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    edited December 2011
    I teach at 3 universities... Communication classes. This semester I'm teaching 7 sections of speech.    :)
    ~~December 3, 2011~~
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