tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507263173359379133.post6061695602784290438..comments2023-11-02T04:54:46.150-07:00Comments on A Shelf of One's Own: Audenary AfternoonShelf of One's Ownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08409081916541324727noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507263173359379133.post-76095587367500045512011-05-21T23:47:38.222-07:002011-05-21T23:47:38.222-07:00Likely Mendelsohn is mistaken (the first english p...Likely Mendelsohn is mistaken (the first english poem delaring faithlessness during passion - in 1937? - lop off about 1500 years and you might be closer, this is the human race after all...) - regardless I am still moved by lines from Auden that are among the most quoted, misquoted and cliched - but still move all these decades later.<br /><br />'O plunge your hands in water,<br />Plunge them in up to the wrist;<br />Stare, stare in the basin<br />And wonder what you've missed...<br /><br />... 'O look, look in the mirror?<br />O look in your distress:<br />Life remains a blessing<br />Although you cannot bless.<br /><br />'O stand, stand at the window<br />As the tears scald and start;<br />You shall love your crooked neighbour<br />With your crooked heart.'<br /><br />It was late, late in the evening,<br />The lovers they were gone;<br />The clocks had ceased their chiming,<br />And the deep river ran on. Gfulmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16566142470041925524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507263173359379133.post-83920022078877099372011-05-11T09:56:51.186-07:002011-05-11T09:56:51.186-07:00Lectures from Geoffrey Hill... You lucky thing.Lectures from Geoffrey Hill... You lucky thing.Ian Wolcotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824138231723753507noreply@blogger.com