Poetry Meme
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cereta: When you see this, post your favorite poem.
Like her, I don't have a favorite poem. I do have poems and poets I'm fond of, though, and this one... having gotten into the NUMB3RS fandom, I think I want to do something with this poem and Dr. Charlie Eppes sometime.
Euclid Alone
Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare.
Let all who prate of Beauty hold their peace,
And lay them prone upon the earth and cease
To ponder on themselves, the while they stare
At nothing, intricately drawn nowhere
In shapes of shifting lineage; let geese
Gabble and hiss, but heroes seek release
From dusty bondage into luminous air.
O blinding hour, O holy, terrible day,
When first the shaft into his vision shone
Of light anatomized! Euclid alone
Has looked on Beauty bare. Fortunate they
Who, though once only and then but far away,
Have heard her massive sandal set on stone.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
cereta: When you see this, post your favorite poem.Like her, I don't have a favorite poem. I do have poems and poets I'm fond of, though, and this one... having gotten into the NUMB3RS fandom, I think I want to do something with this poem and Dr. Charlie Eppes sometime.
Euclid Alone
Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare.
Let all who prate of Beauty hold their peace,
And lay them prone upon the earth and cease
To ponder on themselves, the while they stare
At nothing, intricately drawn nowhere
In shapes of shifting lineage; let geese
Gabble and hiss, but heroes seek release
From dusty bondage into luminous air.
O blinding hour, O holy, terrible day,
When first the shaft into his vision shone
Of light anatomized! Euclid alone
Has looked on Beauty bare. Fortunate they
Who, though once only and then but far away,
Have heard her massive sandal set on stone.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Date: 2009-02-05 02:33 pm (UTC)And then I got another bear just like her from the same line, and that one was named Truth.
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Date: 2009-02-10 01:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-10 02:48 pm (UTC)They were good bears. :) And I was inordinately pleased with their names.