Thursday, November 17, 2016

A Thing Of Beauty Comments

Rating: 4.3

A thing of beauty is a moment's grief;
the kiss of earth is but a fantasy.
For beauty fades and dies without relief,
a perished rose in frail mortality.
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Barry Middleton
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Rebecca Navarre 20 November 2016

Deeply Sad! ! Heart Felt! ! ! Thank You For Sharing! ! ! Many Blessings! ! !

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Barry Middleton 20 November 2016

Kind of the flip side of Keats poem. And yes when beauty and strength fade it is a very sad thing.

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Rajnish Manga 17 November 2016

The poem presents an all new interpretation of beauty vis-a-vis the earlier one that recommends 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.' Highly thought provoking. Thanks. For beauty fades and dies without relief, The beauty of the world is quenched in death,

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Barry Middleton 20 November 2016

Thanks Rajinish. That was exactly my intent.

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