[lit-ideas] Re: Some words to and from W. B. Yeats, on his 153d birthday
- From: david ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 21:43:28 -0700
On Jun 14, 2018 10:49 +0800, Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>, wrote:
Robert is often enigmantic. I like that kind of thing too. But when a man who
is somewhat older than me posts Yeats’ statement about the heart being fastened
to a dying animal, my first thought is, “Well how are you today?” Perhaps some
reference to Geary’s death is the message? I hope no other farewell is implied?
David Ritchie,
Innisfree, or close by.
Did you all know that Innisfree is a South Korean cosmetics brand?
The horror, the horror.
This is the fourth—and last—stanza of Sailing to Byzantium.
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.
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Robert Paul, Lake Oswego OR
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