Following on from my wildly successful 5-7-5 Haiku thread, here is my latest attempt to make you philistines a bit more high-brow!
:lol:
Who wants to post their favourite poetry? (Although I have a sneaking suspision that this has been tried before and I just couldn't find it.)
I'm sure Angelique will have a few things to say once she stumbles across this thread. :animwink:
Here's my favourite:
An Irish Airman Forsees His Death
- by W. B. Yeats
I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate,
Those that I guard I do not love;
My country is Kiltartan's Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan's poor,
No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.
Nor law nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
I balanced all, brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.
:wave:
And no, i did hear it before I saw the film! :lol:
:lol:
Who wants to post their favourite poetry? (Although I have a sneaking suspision that this has been tried before and I just couldn't find it.)
I'm sure Angelique will have a few things to say once she stumbles across this thread. :animwink:
Here's my favourite:
An Irish Airman Forsees His Death
- by W. B. Yeats
I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate,
Those that I guard I do not love;
My country is Kiltartan's Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan's poor,
No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.
Nor law nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
I balanced all, brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.
:wave:
And no, i did hear it before I saw the film! :lol: