[lit-ideas] Re: Some words to and from W. B. Yeats, on his 153d birthday
- From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 19:53:46 +0800
Or that we engaged in this conversation are no longer spring chickens (with a
bow to David Ritchie).
John
On Jun 14, 2018 15:28 +0800, Carol Kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxxx>, wrote:
Strange. I've been thinking of the Yeats poem quite a lot, lately. Even
ordered a copy of The Tower, the anthology in which Sailing to Byzantium
first appeared, I believe. The poem comforts me. Maybe it's the fact that
this has become a country for old men?
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From: david ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:06/13/2018 9:43 PM (GMT-08:00)
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Some words to and from W. B. Yeats, on his 153d
birthday
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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