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"Mark W" |
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01 Sep 2003 10:33:17 AM |
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A little piece of poetry. |
What do people think of this. It was in the Daily Mail letters 1st of
September, 2003
'Mine is a way that is little trod,
I am bound by no sect nor creed;
I say my prayers to Nature's God
In the field where the lapwings breed.
I hear the wind preach,
and its Psalms are sung in praise of the infinite free;
And ne'er a sermon from human tongue
Is half so divine unto me.'
Ammon Wrigley
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| User: "Adam Marczyk" |
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| Title: Re: A little piece of poetry. |
01 Sep 2003 04:39:33 PM |
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Mark W <mark.whickman@ic.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:bivort$dcfri$1@ID-182137.news.uni-berlin.de...
What do people think of this. It was in the Daily Mail letters 1st of
September, 2003
'Mine is a way that is little trod,
I am bound by no sect nor creed;
I say my prayers to Nature's God
In the field where the lapwings breed.
I hear the wind preach,
and its Psalms are sung in praise of the infinite free;
And ne'er a sermon from human tongue
Is half so divine unto me.'
Ammon Wrigley
Nice poem, but the meter is kinda broken. I would rewrite the fourth and
fifth lines: "I hear the wind sing its Psalms / In praise of the infinite
free..."
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| User: "Mark W" |
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| Title: Re: A little piece of poetry. |
02 Sep 2003 01:24:31 AM |
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"Adam Marczyk" <see@sig.com> wrote in message
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Mark W <mark.whickman@ic.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:bivort$dcfri$1@ID-182137.news.uni-berlin.de...
What do people think of this. It was in the Daily Mail letters 1st of
September, 2003
'Mine is a way that is little trod,
I am bound by no sect nor creed;
I say my prayers to Nature's God
In the field where the lapwings breed.
I hear the wind preach,
and its Psalms are sung in praise of the infinite free;
And ne'er a sermon from human tongue
Is half so divine unto me.'
Ammon Wrigley
Nice poem, but the meter is kinda broken. I would rewrite the fourth and
fifth lines: "I hear the wind sing its Psalms / In praise of the infinite
free..."
It could be the vowel length pronunciation that's the problem.
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| User: "Hypatia Kosh" |
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| Title: Re: A little piece of poetry. |
01 Sep 2003 08:30:39 PM |
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"Adam Marczyk" <see@sig.com> wrote in message news:<p0P4b.4181$Bc4.3360@news01.roc.ny>...
Mark W <mark.whickman@ic.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:bivort$dcfri$1@ID-182137.news.uni-berlin.de...
What do people think of this. It was in the Daily Mail letters 1st of
September, 2003
'Mine is a way that is little trod,
I am bound by no sect nor creed;
I say my prayers to Nature's God
In the field where the lapwings breed.
I hear the wind preach,
and its Psalms are sung in praise of the infinite free;
And ne'er a sermon from human tongue
Is half so divine unto me.'
Ammon Wrigley
Nice poem, but the meter is kinda broken. I would rewrite the fourth and
fifth lines: "I hear the wind sing its Psalms / In praise of the infinite
free..."
Hm. I think the original scans okay. Not terribly tight, but if you
read it, it comes out all right.
-Hypatia
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| User: "stillsunny" |
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| Title: Re: A little piece of poetry. |
02 Sep 2003 08:19:09 AM |
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"Adam Marczyk" <see@sig.com> wrote in message news:<p0P4b.4181$Bc4.3360@news01.roc.ny>...
Mark W <mark.whickman@ic.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:bivort$dcfri$1@ID-182137.news.uni-berlin.de...
What do people think of this. It was in the Daily Mail letters 1st of
September, 2003
'Mine is a way that is little trod,
I am bound by no sect nor creed;
I say my prayers to Nature's God
In the field where the lapwings breed.
I hear the wind preach,
and its Psalms are sung in praise of the infinite free;
And ne'er a sermon from human tongue
Is half so divine unto me.'
Ammon Wrigley
Nice poem, but the meter is kinda broken. I would rewrite the fourth and
fifth lines: "I hear the wind sing its Psalms / In praise of the infinite
free..."
It's likely the paper screwed up the lines.
Try reading it aloud this way:
"I hear the wind preach, and its Psalms are sung
in praise of the infinite free;
Sunny
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: A little piece of poetry. |
01 Sep 2003 03:47:52 PM |
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On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 16:33:17 +0100, "Mark W" <mark.whickman@ic.ac.uk>
wrote:
What do people think of this. It was in the Daily Mail letters 1st of
September, 2003
Love it.
atheist@home#1554
'Mine is a way that is little trod,
I am bound by no sect nor creed;
I say my prayers to Nature's God
In the field where the lapwings breed.
I hear the wind preach,
and its Psalms are sung in praise of the infinite free;
And ne'er a sermon from human tongue
Is half so divine unto me.'
Ammon Wrigley
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