No, really, this rewrite is quite excellent. I said Milton because I remember Milton having the joy, if you will, that accompanies religious certainty. There are sonnets where he questions his accomplishments, but for the most part Milton's world was uncluttered with shades of gray the way Shakespeare's is. My remembrance might be in as parallel a universe as this rewrite, but that's the aura that surrounds Milton for me decades after reading him. Andy It was Shakespeare who doomed him. This level of exuberance isn't even found in the comedies. This sounds more like Milton. -----Original Message----- From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Feb 3, 2005 2:16 PM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Lighting Fools: Reflections on an Image in Macbeth's "Tomorrow" Soliloquy If Macbeth had not been doomed but blessed, his soliloquy might go thus: Yesterday, and yesterday, and yesterday, Raced by at a stunning rate from age to age, To the final chorus of recorded time; And all our tomorrows will illumine sages The way to Paradise. Burn, burn, eternal flame! Life's more than a soaring Phoenix; a master player, That enchants and inspires his years upon the stage, And then is heard in eternity: it is an epic Told by an Saint, full of beauty, song, and wit, Signifying salvation. Best, Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html