[stylist] Exhibit B
James Canaday M.A. N6YR
n6yr at sunflower.com
Sun Apr 5 01:23:04 UTC 2009
yes,
it is very good.
but I can honestly say "a" is good too if you have a little imagery
and romance in your heart.
jc
Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS
At 02:28 PM 4/4/2009, you wrote:
>Man, I like that.
>
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>Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 12:59 PM
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>Subject: [stylist] Exhibit B
>
>Exhibit B is an example of an obliquely relevant poem. Though it doesn't
>mention blindness, it mentions fate and that life is so marred with grief
>and pain, yet what is so awful is not said at all. This is very
>interesting, as the poet was losing her sight and recently admitted to the
>Indiana Institution for the Blind. This is something that would fit nicely
>in the anthology.
>
>
>AUTUMN.
>
> Oh Autumn, sweet sad Autumn queen,
> With robe of golden brown,
> Our hearts are bowed with grief and pain,
> As each leaf flutters down.
>
> In every drooping flow'ret,
> In every leafless tree,
> By warbling birds deserted,
> We find some trace of thee.
>
> Thou'rt lovely, oh, so lovely,
> And yet how brief thy stay,
> Why is it all things beautiful
> Must droop and fade away?
>
> All, all thy gorgeous painted leaves,
> With colors bright and gay,
> Were touched by nature's magic brush,
> Then rudely cast away.
>
> And thus our dearest hopes are crushed,
> By fate's relentless will,
> Like withered leaves they pass away--
> But peace, sad heart, be still.
>
> Thou too must breast the adverse wind,
> Be wildly tempest-tossed,
> Perhaps when thou art hushed in death,
> Thou'lt meet the loved and lost.
>
> But for this sweetly, solemn thought
> That thrills us with delight,
> This life, so marred by grief and pain,
> Could never seem so bright.
>
> Then welcome, sweet, sad Autumn days,
> Though brief the hallowed reign,
> For every smile must have its tear,
> And every joy its pain.
>
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