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Hope II
HOPE II
May hope never die
But be the one to host
The joyful celebration
Of dreams come true
And of achievements
As yet undreamt of
Dover Beach
DOVER BEACH – Matthew Arnold (Published 1867)
The sea is calm tonight.
The tide is full, the moon lies fair
Upon the straits; on the French coast the light
Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,
Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.
Come to the window, sweet is the night-air!
Only, from the long line of spray
Where the sea meets the moon-blanched land,
Listen! you hear the grating roar
Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,
At their return, up the high strand,
Begin, and cease, and then again begin,
With tremulous cadence slow, and bring
The eternal note of sadness in.
Sophocles long ago
Heard it on the Ægean, and it brought
Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow
Of human misery; we
Find also in the sound a thought,
Hearing it by this distant northern sea.
The Sea of Faith
Was once, too, at the full, and round earth’s shore
Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.
But now I only hear
Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,
Retreating, to the breath
Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear
And naked shingles of the world.
Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
To lie before us like a land of dreams,
So various, so beautiful, so new,
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;
And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.
DOVER BEACH – The Fugs (Released 1967)
The Voice: Four By Six
THE VOICE
An untamed voice cries out
“Here’s to awakening”
And the clink of glasses
Resounds from shore to shore
Quote Of The Day
“When the eye is unobstructed, the result is sight. When the ear is unobstructed, the result is hearing. When the mind is unobstructed the result is truth. When the heart is unobstructed, the result is joy and love.” – Anthony De Mello.
Before National Masturbation Month Is Over …
Well I never! You live and learn (or not).
5 Scientific Reasons You Should Masturbate Every Day
See also National Masturbation Day.
Blackberry Blossom
BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM
Sweetness attracts bees
Spring … Summer … Autumn
Now sweetness that attracts birds
Humans glean from this process
… Honey and blackberry jam
Heralds
…..
…..
HERALDS
Look! The first snowdrops,
Snuggled up beneath that tree.
Ah, Spring is coming!
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