Friday, January 3, 2003

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<i>Horace, Odes, iv, 7</i>

The snows are fled away, leaves on the shaws
And grasses in the mead renew their birth,
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Alfred Edward Housman
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Juliet Languedoc 04 July 2020

The poem awakens combinations of descriptions wanting more.

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Morgan Michaels 04 July 2020

I'm sorry. The original says " Gratiae nuda'. This is not 'unapparelled Graces three.' Can we get past English sterility? I like Houseman, but- -really!

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Dr Antony Theodore 04 July 2020

When thou descendest once the shades among, The stern assize and equal judgment o'er, Not thy long lineage nor thy golden tongue, No, nor thy righteousness, shall friend thee more. A very fine poem. to ny

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Ratnakar Mandlik 04 July 2020

" The love of comrades can not take away" . Great classical poem hy the master craftsman.

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Ruta Mohapatra 04 July 2020

we are dust and dreams.....Apt!

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Ratnakar Mandlik 27 May 2017

Moon upon moon rebuilds it with her beams Great conceptualization.

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Edward Kofi Louis 27 May 2017

Wintertide! ! Thanks for sharing.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 27 May 2017

Back to wintertide..... thanks for posting.....

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