272, RE: Poetry
Posted by Quislet on Wed 31-Dec-69 07:00 PM
>Damn, that was a while ago. Please feel free to post the >entire description, not that it was really a description.
True, it was more a collection of poetry, but that in itself is fitting. Here it is:
The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes, The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening, Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains, Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys, Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap, And seeing that it was a soft October night, Curled once about the house, and fell asleep. ... And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing besides remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. ... The moon has nothing to be sad about, Staring from her hood of bone.
She is used to this sort of thing. Her blacks crackle and drag. ... Nolueram, Belinda, tuos violare capillos; Sed juvat, hoc precibus me tribuisse tuis. Poetry is in perfect health.
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