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   From: user3274@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   Stuart Leichter  posted:   
   > in article dt39st01b3c@drn.newsguy.com, Karla at karlark@sbcglobal.net wrote   
   > on 2/16/06 8:46 PM:   
   >   
   > > In this little urn is laid   
   > > Prudence Baldwin, once my maid,   
   > > From whose happy spark here let   
   > > Spring the purple violet.   
   > >   
   > > Robert Herrick   
   >   
   > The same dead white Europeon guy:   
   >   
   > THE ARGUMENT OF HIS BOOK.   
   > by Robert Herrick   
   >   
   > I SING of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers,   
   > Of April, May, of June, and July-flowers;   
   > I sing of May-poles, hock-carts, wassails, wakes,   
   > Of bridegrooms, brides and of their bridal-cakes;   
   > I write of youth, of love, and have access   
   > By these to sing of cleanly wantonness;   
   > I sing of dews, of rains, and piece by piece   
   > Of balm, of oil, of spice and ambergris;   
   > I sing of times trans-shifting, and I write   
   > How roses first came red and lilies white;   
   > I write of groves, of twilights, and I sing   
   > The court of Mab, and of the fairy king;   
   > I write of Hell ; I sing (and ever shall)   
   > Of Heaven, and hope to have it after all.   
   > ----   
   >   
   > Today's observation included 3 generations. The kid, maybe 7, is clumping in   
   > contractor's boots or hiphop ones, and a logo seal jacket he won't fill out   
   > in 7 more years, and his head is bald naked.   
   >   
   > GRANDMA: Come over here. Come on.   
   > KID: (turns, walks back to GRANDMA)   
   > GRANDMA: Where did you get those boots?   
   > KID: Hnh??   
   > GRANDMA: Where'd you get them boots?   
   > KID: I don't know (not dunno), my Daddy got them for me.   
   >   
   > Stuart   
      
   Stuart Leichter was one of the better poets here 20 years ago.   
      
   While this isn't one of his better works, it's still worth a read.   
      
   Thanks for bumping this thread, MummyChunk.   
      
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   https://www.reverbnation.com/willdockery   
      
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