What are words worth?
#16
Re: What are words worth?
Originally Posted by Elvira
I wander'd lonely as a cloud - I was pissed and lost my mates
That floats on high o'er vales and hills, - completly lost
When all at once I saw a crowd, is that my mates?
A host, of golden daffodils; ***, its just some flowers
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, good I need a wiz
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. better aim out of the wind
Continuous as the stars that shine I think I fell over
And twinkle on the Milky Way, I need a choccy bar
That floats on high o'er vales and hills, - completly lost
When all at once I saw a crowd, is that my mates?
A host, of golden daffodils; ***, its just some flowers
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, good I need a wiz
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. better aim out of the wind
Continuous as the stars that shine I think I fell over
And twinkle on the Milky Way, I need a choccy bar
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare
#17
Re: What are words worth?
Originally Posted by Patrick
I prefer William Henry Davies
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare
I'm not scared of rats and mice,
But a Hippopotamus could eat the lot of us.
#18
Re: What are words worth?
Originally Posted by Elvira
It's "who" - NOT "what"; and "is" - NOT "are"... But should be past tense anyway
DULCE ET DECORUM EST
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.
Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime . . .
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.
8 October 1917 - March, 1918
#19
Re: What are words worth?
Originally Posted by TruBrit
Ha ha says on your profile you are living in oblivion ...lol sounds like the good old U.S. of A....