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Re: [OM] OT: Snow, graves and a poet, re-sent

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Snow, graves and a poet, re-sent
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:44:38 -0800
On 2/5/2012 8:28 AM, Chris Barker wrote:

I'm still password prevented from the images.

> ... the graveyard contains the gravestone of William Ernest Henley.  I didn't 
> really know of him until I first found the grave some years ago, but he has 
> written some well-known poems, including "Invictus".
>
> The poem on his gravestone (also that of his daughter and of his wife) goes,
>
> “So be my passing
> My task accomplished and the long day done
> My wages taken, and in my heart
> Some late lark singing
> Let me be gathered in the quiet west
> The sundown splendid and serene, Death.”

I like.

A slightly different voice on the same subject. 
<http://www.poetry-archive.com/j/mother_night.html>

> ...
>
> All in all, it's a thought-provoking place, especially in the quiet of a 
> snowy Sunday morning.

All but the snow part sounds lovely. :-)

Hold the Snow Moose

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