Tennyson certainly had a way with words. And yes, it is better than Eliot's quote. I can't say it better or even as well as Tennyson but I will just say, thank you for the reminder, and happy birthday.
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Tennyson certainly had a way with words. And yes, it is better than Eliot's quote. I can't say it better or even as well as Tennyson but I will just say, thank you for the reminder, and happy birthday.
I liked your post.
It's a mixed bag. The fear drives me to build a brick house, and to persist month after month. The defiant rage is what I use to get to the top of the ladder with the next load of bricks, like this guy: Hod Carrier Pictures | Getty Images or this (trying to find one that shows up without clicking) http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsa/8...0/8a01984v.jpg
THIS!Quote:
Death closes all; but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
I only read Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade, and I see now my education was sadly lacking having missed this work of art.
Since it was about Ulysses, I can see why he mentioned Achilles. But then Achilles died young.
But Beowulf now . . .