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Polly Hennessey

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1. One of my favorites.

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Fri Jan 14, 2022, 06:56 PM

Jan 2022

“Come live with me, and be my love,
And we will some new pleasures prove
Of golden sands, and crystal brooks,
With silken lines, and silver hooks.”

The Bait, stanza 1

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To say that John Donne "had a way with words" would be like saying Michael Jordan was a "pretty good [View all] Atticus Jan 2022 OP

One of my favorites. Polly Hennessey Jan 2022 #1

I read this one to close my words at my father's funeral LuvLoogie Jan 2022 #2

Great writing ability atop the high plateau of Elizabethan English. highplainsdem Jan 2022 #3

I can think of a few clods who might best be washed away by the sea. n/t Harker Jan 2022 #4

If every man's loss diminishes me, it must follow... malthaussen Jan 2022 #5

One of the most beautiful passages in the English language, to be sure. n/t. NNadir Jan 2022 #6