Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Boston Comments

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Sicut Patribus, sit Deus Nobis)

The rocky nook with hilltops three
Looked eastward from the farms,
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Sylvia Frances Chan 21 June 2022

THREE: During his last years he became increasingly involved in the anti-slavery campaign, but fell a victim to dementia, writing Terminus in the realisation that his intellect was failing.. Great Poet with a very weak health, very sad

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Sylvia Frances Chan 21 June 2022

TWO: He returned to Europe in 1847 and renewed his friendship with Carlyle, with whom he had kept in touch by letter, and met other European thinkers and writers

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Sylvia Frances Chan 21 June 2022

ONE: like the fathers, God be with us, A city of the poor, for day by day could Boston Bay, their honest labour overpay

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 20 June 2022

A powerful, wonderful and inspiring write with compelling images and nice rhyme.

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Chinedu Dike 24 May 2022

An interesting tale written with clarity of thought and mind. The rhyme scheme is something to admire...

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Ratnakar Mandlik 24 July 2019

" The sea returning day by day Restores the world wide mart So each dweller on the bay Fold Boston in his heart" . Amazing style of narration and inspirational too.

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Savita Tyagi 16 September 2018

Such a beautiful write. Pages of history books can never inspire or tell a tale of those brave and honest men like a poet can.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 16 September 2018

A heart touching depiction has been made. Beautifully penned. The last stanza is much impressive.

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Adrian Flett 16 September 2018

A description of the Boston Tea Party - the start of the American War of Independence.

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Baquee Billah Ahmed 16 September 2018

Nice poem...............................

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Edward Kofi Louis 16 September 2018

Boston Bay! ! Thanks for sharing.

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Ruta Mohapatra 16 September 2018

'For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail? '............Very true!

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Bernard F. Asuncion 16 September 2018

Such a great write by Ralph Waldo Emerson👍👍👍

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Ratnakar Mandlik 30 April 2017

Each day the flowing sea took Boston in it's arms Wonderful conceptualization and a meaningful, profound write. Thanks for sharing it here.

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