Although when I had my students read it, the boys appreciated it significantly less than the girls.
I like his Satyre on King Charles II, as well.
And of course
Here lies a great and mighty King,
Whose promise none relied on;
He never said a foolish thing,
Nor ever did a wise one
I usually recoil at obscenity, but there is something about obscenity wrapped in perfect form which changes it entirely. It makes it not vulgar, I suppose. And I won't pretend the fact that it is a couple of hundred years old does not help.
I like his Satyre on King Charles II, as well.
And of course
Here lies a great and mighty King,
Whose promise none relied on;
He never said a foolish thing,
Nor ever did a wise one
I usually recoil at obscenity, but there is something about obscenity wrapped in perfect form which changes it entirely. It makes it not vulgar, I suppose. And I won't pretend the fact that it is a couple of hundred years old does not help.
*MySmiley*
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Poetry:
08/11/2010 02:07:39 AM
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Re: Poetry:
08/11/2010 04:13:38 AM
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This is why people dislike you.
09/11/2010 07:03:17 PM
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Umm...I care?
09/11/2010 08:42:55 PM
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Because you should care about being intelligent, rather than appearing to be intelligent.
09/11/2010 10:32:04 PM
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Again, why would I care?
09/11/2010 10:38:21 PM
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No one can make you care about being decent, or intelligent, or a viable member of the community.
09/11/2010 10:41:34 PM
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I think it's rather pointless, to be honest.
09/11/2010 10:54:17 PM
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Then why are you even here?
09/11/2010 10:59:49 PM
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I don't know. I thought I'd see how long I could string you along.
09/11/2010 11:00:37 PM
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You're the one who doesn't care.
09/11/2010 11:02:11 PM
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I care only as much as I care. What others think is irrelevant to that.
09/11/2010 11:04:15 PM
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But you're still responding to me.
09/11/2010 11:05:37 PM
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Because I'm stringing you out until you quit.
09/11/2010 11:10:18 PM
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I'm not going to. I find this entertaining.
09/11/2010 11:12:27 PM
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I do as well. It's fun pretending to be an asshole, I'll admit.
09/11/2010 11:17:34 PM
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Come now, who's pretending?
09/11/2010 11:22:18 PM
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That is officially the last one before I start editing and making them NM. *NM*
09/11/2010 11:24:12 PM
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Me, most of the time
09/11/2010 11:40:26 PM
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Keep telling yourself that. *NM*
09/11/2010 11:46:34 PM
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Why would I? It's not something I think much about these days. Again, what others think is trivial. *NM*
10/11/2010 12:01:03 AM
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Are you 5?
09/11/2010 11:14:26 PM
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Nah
09/11/2010 11:15:48 PM
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But you were asked about it originally. That was my point.
09/11/2010 11:23:25 PM
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And I was evasive about it at the time. When pressed, I answered more fully.
09/11/2010 11:48:27 PM
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Why be evasive?
10/11/2010 12:16:19 AM
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Because I didn't want to spend an hour pulling out a few dozen books.
10/11/2010 12:19:55 AM
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Ye gods. Could you people at the very, very least make your messages NM?
09/11/2010 11:17:25 PM
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I must say, I'm glad you all decided to play up when I was having an evening off. *NM*
10/11/2010 12:08:59 PM
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I disagree with your claim that there can be no value in translations.
09/11/2010 08:51:20 PM
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Not "no value", but "different value" is what I would argue
09/11/2010 09:55:54 PM
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I don't disagree, but you can't possibly learn all languages, yet you can read translations of all.
09/11/2010 10:56:58 PM
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My choice, hands down, is to ignore the poetry in languages I don't read.
10/11/2010 01:44:32 AM
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An English translation of The Divine Comedy was pivotal to my conversion to Christianity.
10/11/2010 11:04:57 AM
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Ooh, good survey. I've been thinking for a while we needed more poetry discussion.
08/11/2010 10:58:24 AM
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I think you underestimate the number of translations of the Bible.
09/11/2010 01:20:30 AM
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Did they just translate logos as... life-light?
09/11/2010 07:14:28 PM
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Yes. Yes, they did. *NM*
09/11/2010 09:56:09 PM
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I think poetry is largely overrated.
08/11/2010 06:12:59 PM
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the problem is most good poets are dead and dead people tend to fail at marketing
08/11/2010 06:44:18 PM
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I like some poetry, but by no means all.
09/11/2010 12:28:41 AM
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Now that you mention it, The Imperfect Enjoyment might rank among my favourite poems. *NM*
09/11/2010 12:46:56 AM
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It is excellent
09/11/2010 08:16:01 PM
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Re: Poetry:
10/11/2010 04:57:31 PM
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Re: Nice
11/11/2010 01:39:48 AM
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Man. . . That voice? Yeah. He should be reading me stories every night.
11/11/2010 11:57:02 AM
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Re: Man. . . That voice? Yeah. He should be reading me stories every night.
12/11/2010 04:36:22 AM
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