<<It's sad to watch a noble mind being here o'erthrown.>> Join the company. Julie Krueger losing it fast ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Sunday Poem Date: 1/29/06 12:01:36 PM Central Standard Time From: _atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: My aversion to Jones' "Delilah" I've explained. My prefernce for Bowie to Scripture is probably evident in my posting history, but I do want to thank you for not making fun of me for confusing Delia's Gone with Delilah. It's sad to watch a noble mind being here o'erthrown. Mike Geary Memphis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cassidy Dann" <cassidy_dann@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 9:54 AM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Sunday Poem > >Tom Jones sang Delia. In 1968 every morning at 7 a.m. at a campground > >outside Augsberg, >Germany the camp would play "Delia" over and over over > >the loudspeaker for what seemed 30 >minutes straight. Never mention Tom > >Jones' name in my presence again please. > > Whatever can you be objecting to in such soul-stirring associations: > > "At break of day when that man drove away, I was waiting > I crossed the street to her house and she opened the door > She stood there laughing > I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more > My, my, my Delilah > Why, why, why Delilah" > > Or there's this, from Judges, 16: > > "16.4 > And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of > Sorek, whose name was Delilah. > > 16:5 > And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, > Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we > may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will > give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. > > 16:6 > And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great > strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. > > 16:7 > And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were > never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. > > 16:8 > Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs > which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. > > 16:9 > Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she > said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the > withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his > strength was not known." > > You may, however, prefer the tin can, in which case, be my guest. > > Sincerely, C. Dann > Rappahannock, VA > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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