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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
I wander lonely round the Passions site, Just forming words worth forming in my head, For nowhere can I find a place to write, And nowhere can I say what should be said. For from Down Under come some broken howls, So free and wild they barely make a verse, While Uncle Sam karate chops his vowels To metered regularity. A curse On such contemporary heathen ways, That desecrate the language of my land. This sceptred isle still lives the ancient days, Of kingly diction beautifully bland! So though in foreign fields I walk alone, I claim this ENGLISH Forum as my own. |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
What, and I don't count???  |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
chris you seemed to be harmless !! philip |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
Waaahhl 'at's a name I've never been called!!!  |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
I'm with you on this one Poertree, I was in fact trying to find something to use against them. Imagine the horrors which will now befall our minds and ears. 8-) Jamie Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil. "Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely". |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
lol jamie Yay .. rally round ... tally ho ..etc etc... maybe i can get Rainbow Girl and Craig to come and help sort 'em out as well ...  P PS I'm gonna ask Ron why there isn't a Union Jack flag in the images library PPS to Lady K ..... regretting inviting me here yet?? heh heh [This message has been edited by Poertree (edited 07-14-2000).] |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
oh and another thing before i go this sonnet isn't totally banal (nearly but not entirely..lol) there are four (i think)references to famous bits of english lit .. the first non-Brit to find them all gets to become an honorary Brit ...!!! now i ask you .. what more could you possibly want?? ..lol good day to you p [This message has been edited by Poertree (edited 07-14-2000).] |
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jbouder Member Elite
since 1999-09-18
Posts 2534Whole Sort Of Genl Mish Mash |
You kill me, you crazy Brit! lol. Back to decifer allusions later.Jim |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
"decipher" actually ... ha ha you walked into that one didn't ya ..you loveable yank... yours truly ..the pedantic Brit oh and btw on the allusions i want the full textual reference and the authors .. and my money is on you Jim (not our antipodean friend) so don't let me down !! p |
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X Angel Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521Oregon |
OMG Philip I am dying here! I could never figger yer allusions out, prolly because it is some Brit DElusion of grandeur... I still say.....having JUST watched The Patriot (with Mel Gibson *hubba hubba*)....we kicked yer tushes once before.......DON'T MAKE ME COME OVER THERE AND DO IT AGAIN!!!!!!!!! Now sit down, shut up, and colour (<---UK approved spelling, so you would have no trouble DECIPHERING what I mean...I am not so cruel as to play mind games with people..hmmph!) nicely with all the other kids.... *much luv, hugs, and kisses to my fave guy in yer town!* ~Heather [This message has been edited by X Angel (edited 07-14-2000).] |
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jbouder Member Elite
since 1999-09-18
Posts 2534Whole Sort Of Genl Mish Mash |
Okay ... so you snagged me on decipher ... I was in a hurry *grrrrr*. I'll see what I can do with the allusions ... it's been a while since you've written anything so, naturally, I am out of practice. Jim |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Oooooooooooooooo Jim! Ooooooo yes...we's got unders his skins! Hehhe....regret? Not on your life Mr Freezing...oh no...hah! Good attempt at looking unaffected hon...didn't work - I know you need to impress us, to prove your British worth...I dunno though, dunno if this is serves though....hmmmmmmmmm getting back to your allusions Sir delusioned at a later time...(soonishly) LK |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Oh PS - #1 - First line, Shakespearian Sonnet (can't rem the # off the top, sorry, just woke up). But what is wandering lonely isn't a cloud here, oh no it is your brain.  K |
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X Angel Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521Oregon |
rofl @ Severn! Omg too funny..yes his brain must be in a haze of Brit-isms.... ~H |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Oh and the second wouldn't be 'words worth', ie Wordsworth would it? |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Oh and ONE more thing: I thought I would take pity on you, considering you're all caught up in your Britishisms...I am afraid that Down Under when applied to me is sadly inaccurate... tch tch ~shaking head~ That's Australia...and NZ is at the TOP of the world as far as I'm concerned...lol I will hush now K |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
Ha ha ... I see you FINALLY woke up .. you antipodean lie-a-bed ... had a rough night did we ?? ~smirk~ ok .. you're not doing so bad though ~snarl~ ... your supposedly two allusions are in fact one though ... Wordsworth wrote Daffodils .. only three to go !! heh heh calm and serene SP .... shut up Heather .. whose side are you on anyway ..humpphh! oh and here's the "answer" to the allusion in lines one and two: William Wordsworth Daffodils I wandered lonely as a Cloud That floats on high o'er Vales and Hills, When all at once I saw a crowd A host of dancing Daffodills; Along the Lake, beneath the trees, Ten thousand dancing in the breeze. The waves beside them danced, but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee:— A Poet could not but be gay In such a laughing company: I gaz'd—and gaz'd—but little thought What wealth the shew to me had brought: For oft when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude, And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the Daffodils. [This message has been edited by Poertree (edited 07-14-2000).] |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Ah well...not a bad effort for bleary-eyedity... Hmmm...wanna tell me who wrote THESE lines then Sir P: 'The battle rent a cobweb diamond-strung And cut a flower beside a groundbird's nest... A butterfly its fall had dispossessed...' HEH K(Won't dispossess me of my accuracy for long, rest assured...lol) |
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jbouder Member Elite
since 1999-09-18
Posts 2534Whole Sort Of Genl Mish Mash |
Ugh!!! I just saw the "honorary Brit" part! Philip, to motivate people to work REALLY hard at finding the hidden references, you really ought to say, "Last one to find them is an honorary Brit!" lol.Jim |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
AND Philip - really...spelling it honorary? Don't you think you ought to have supported your cause (and mine) with an honoUrary? Hmmmmm??? K |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
Two points O clever one: Range-Finding by Robert Frost ("a sudden passing bullet shook it dry" being my fav line) honorary IS the ENGLISH (dunno where you come from lol!) I'm out all day in sunny Suffolk .. back later to carry on winning the war toodle-pip ~grin~ P |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
That's just borrowed from the yanks...seriously - other countries in the commonwealth (though we don't like her) spell things with U's like Heather so kindly pointed out - read COLOUR...don't tell me you don't spell it that way? And infact even if you do then your language is JOLLY (snicker) inconsistent... winning...English wimp...you don't know what it means...  (and it was a lucky fluke - Robert Frost is just too common...humph) Lady K slinks away in gales of laughter... [This message has been edited by Severn (edited 07-15-2000).] |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
I'm laughing so much I can hardly type.... HUGS |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
Grrrrr ... you're not arguing with ME fair one, but the combined might of the Oxford Dictionary and Merriam Webster ... so there ! "U" are wrong for once ... and as it's probably the first and last time ..i intend to make the most of it...heh heh hi Cindy ... she IS funny isn't she ..lol ok .. Jim ...whatever .. just show me your brilliance eh? I'll buy you a pint instead! p |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Sigh..yeah yeah...haven't forgotten...  |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
ok .. i take it you all give up ...lol .. so here ya go: ref to "ANCIENT DAYS": AUTHORWalter Chalmers Smith TOPICAdoration and Praise SCRIPTURAL ALLUSION[1]1 Tim. 1:17, 6:16 [2]Ps 36:6 [3] Acts 17:25, Isa.40:7 [4]Rev 7:11 WORDS 1 Immortal, invisible, God only wise, In light inaccessible hid from our eyes, Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days, Almighty, victorious, Thy great Name we praise. 2 Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light, Nor wanting, nor wasting, Thou rulest in might; Thy justice, like mountains, high soaring above Thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love. 3 To all, life Thou givest, to both great and small; In all life Thou livest, the true life of all; We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree, And wither and perish - but naught changeth Thee. 4 Great Father of glory, pure Father of light, Thine angels adore Thee, all veiling their sight; All praise we would render; O help us to see 'Tis only the splendor of light hideth Thee! and also sort of in: "The Glastonbury Hymn" -- By William Blake, [1757-1827]. And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen? And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here Amid these dark Satanic mills? Bring me my bow of burnished gold! Bring me my arrows of desire! Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!Bring me my chariot of fire! I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand, Till we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant Land. ref to "FOREIGN FIELDS": If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field That is forever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam, A body of England's, breathing English air, Washed by the rivers, blessed by the suns of home. - - Rupert Brooke "The Soldier" ref to "SCEPTRED ISLE": This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands, - This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England. - act 2. sc. 1. WS King Richard II there you are .... you're all edyoocated now ...heh heh P |
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jbouder Member Elite
since 1999-09-18
Posts 2534Whole Sort Of Genl Mish Mash |
*GAK!* Glad I didn't try harder to "demonstrate my brilliance" ... would have been MOST humiliating. Thanks for the education (keep in mind I was educated in one of those dumbed-down American public schools). |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
Yeah and on a diet of non-English ..non-Public ...TV ........LOL I rest my case m'lud... (and i don't even need jenni as my attorney to win this one ...heh heh )p |
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