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Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

0 posted 2004-03-02 08:59 PM

Prim, Prime Time, Oh Rose

Who but man woulds’t count, ‘tis true
the curl and color and winsome hue
of a prim and prime rose in glory,
yet, ‘tis woman who but would tell
true stories

~*~

and smiling I in all this while
beseech thee, love, with but a smile
for here is staid of heart, ‘tis true
while one smiles she thinks of you,
in glories

seized thus by most true held charms
t’would one devoted hold in her arms
any but that she thought not best?
Yet, and here I fear, I’ve failed first test
and sorry

be I, for in this failure that rings
would have been a voice in joysome sing
for in la petit morte, divided lives fell
both squandering time in lonesome hell,
sans glory…

Donne would say, and did he, indeed
in numbers primed and divided, decreed
that woman would take over their lot
and man, yes man, he would be besot
in stories…

…for the sounds within the heart of girl
lifts her through life in all its whirl
till woman stands before man and deed
and he, who wrote, yes, he paid in heed
and glory.

For truest is this, if truth would be but read
a woman indeed, would take man to stead
fast in her life if but he be solemn, true,
and hold to him close, and never rue
her glory.

~*~

Yet another dedication to a poet who serves my Muse…
(and for *S* who so adores…and is adored)
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/primrose.htm

Goodknight
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since 2002-06-15

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Ohio, USA

1 posted 2004-03-02 09:13 PM

your dedication is very well done - I enjoyed the reading vvery much - Paul

misao
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since 2003-11-08

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2 posted 2004-03-02 09:24 PM

*holding your hand*

(and Donne...YES)

your grace does him justice.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

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Canada eh.

3 posted 2004-03-02 09:28 PM

Yes...and you have indeed penned this beautifully.
~soft smiles & hugs~

~I've loved you forever, in lifetimes before~

Mistletoe Angel

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4 posted 2004-03-02 10:03 PM

(smiles) Donne certainly must have blossomed in the garden of your heart in an inspiration rainbow, sweet friend, the gift of voices to one another is truly a blessing and brings more colors in this world and in literature and art! (big angel hugs) God Bless You, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Karilea, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come back home" MB20

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

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5 posted 2004-03-03 07:07 PM

Ahhh Karilea, this reads soft as velvet.

Love this style from you.

M

Beauty of the world which is soon to perish has two edges, one of laughter and one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.
(by Virginia Woolf)

Dr.Moose1
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Bewilderment , USA

6 posted 2004-03-03 07:26 PM

Sunshine,
Once I was accused of being "Archaic". I defended myself ( of course ) but this, to me, truly shows that just because certain words have aged, does not mean they have become obsolete. Wonderful!
Doc

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