Saturday, October 15, 2005

Requiem For The Plantagenet Kings Comments

Rating: 3.2

For whom the possessed sea littered, on both shores,
Ruinous arms; being fired, and for good,
To sound the constitution of just wards,
Men, in their eloquent fashion, understood.
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Geoffrey Hill
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Townee Towne 16 June 2006

the ending line is especially effective. the implied sacrifice in it... but, also, the image of blood pouring out... and the saving... the erosion of even a moment of permanence... of grace period... oh! the diarrhea...

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