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Article #715917Re: Favorite 18th century piece
From: Zod
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:35
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:35
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On Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 5:06:45 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote: > On Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 10:45:28 PM UTC-5, Zod wrote: > > On Monday, December 21, 2020 at 12:23:38 PM UTC-5, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Monday, December 21, 2020 at 12:18:04 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote: > > > > Michael Pendragon wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Monday, December 21, 2020 at 11:52:03 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote: > > > > >> Michael Pendragon wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> > On Monday, December 21, 2020 at 1:19:49 AM UTC-5, ashwu...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > >> > > > > > >> >> (maybe not, it was written in the beginning of the 19th by an 18th century poet) > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> Since its not safe to post anything sweet sounding that always gets used as ammunition for personal attacks, I'll post the all too appropriate ugly then... > > > > >> > > > > >> > Fear not. No one is going to launch a personal attack on William Blake (PJR excepted); and, even if they were going to, the sweetness of his poem would not be a factor. > > > > >> > > > > >> >> William Blake > > > > >> >> Prologue to "King Edward the Fourth" > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> O for a voice like thunder, and a tongue > > > > >> >> To drown the throat of war! When the senses > > > > >> >> Are shaken, and the soul is driven to madness, > > > > >> >> Who can stand? When the souls of the oppressèd > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> Fight in the troubled air that rages, who can stand? > > > > >> >> When the whirlwind of fury comes from the > > > > >> >> Throne of God, when the frowns of his countenance > > > > >> >> Drive the nations together, who can stand? > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> When Sin claps his broad wings over the battle, > > > > >> >> And sails rejoicing in the flood of Death; > > > > >> >> When souls are torn to everlasting fire, > > > > >> >> And fiends of Hell rejoice upon the slain, > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> O who can stand? O who hath causèd this? > > > > >> >> O who can answer at the throne of God? > > > > >> >> The Kings and Nobles of the Land have done it! > > > > >> >> Hear it not, Heaven, thy Ministers have done it! > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> It's purported that Blake was quite proud of this piece (though I can't find any reliable citation). > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> There's a sinister adaption of it to song but I thought better about posting the link since it will probably just distrub. > > > > >> > > > > >> > Okay. You've posted a poem by William Blake. > > > > >> > > > > >> > I've read Blake's complete works (many of them more than once). What have I gained by rereading his poem here? > > > > >> > > > > >> > You've said that this poem is one of your favorites. That's a start. What makes it one of your favorites? Rather than squandering my time by posting poetry I'm familiar with, why not offer some original thoughts on it? > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > Michael Pendragon > > > > >> > > > > >> > -- Ahmos Zu-Bolton > > > > >> > > > > >> By the way, Pendragon, your quote from Amos Zu-Bolton is fake... you wouldn't be the impostor troll, by any chance? > > > > > > > > > Why do you say that it's fake? > > > > > > > > > You've no idea where I've taken that quote from. > > > > > > > My guess is that you took the quote from your own fevered little brain, Pendragon. > > > > > > Guess all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Shutup, Trump slurper..... > At least Pendragon has shut up about Trump > > :) Not quite...
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