Comments | ladiesbane: Reminder: Sailing to Byzantium (IV)

ladiesbane

Reminder: Sailing to Byzantium (IV)

Jan 04, 2006 07:04

Once out of nature I shall never take
My bodily form from any natural thing,
But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make
Of hammered gold and gold enamelling
To keep a drowsy Emperor awake;
Or set upon a golden bough to sing
To lords and ladies of Byzantium
Of what is past, or passing, or to come.

Comments 4

creepygoddess January 4 2006, 15:58:09 UTC

Ah. That is lovely.

Hi lafindusiecle January 23 2006, 12:29:04 UTC

Very lovely poem.

Victoria says you are a very interesting person (a lot like her) and so I thought I would check out your journal. I was surprised to see we have a lot of interest in common although we both don't list them. One thing I don't like about LJ is you can only list 150. I mean, who doesn't have more than 150 interests? You can find about me by checking my userinfo page, if you're bored. Sometimes I make posts viewable to everyone, but mostly they are friends only so there isn't much to see there, I don't think. Anyway, I just wanted to say hi.

Re: Hi ladiesbane January 23 2006, 13:18:35 UTC

Hello to you! I'm very glad you broke the ice -- I've been looking for an excuse to do so for some time, but (as Victoria will also tell you) I am a wretched correspondent. So please take the intent for the deed, and if I drop off the map, understand that I would still wish to return! (Life gets away from me, sometimes....)

For now, I am off to put nose to grindstone -- but I couldn't agree more about the interests page. I don't think anyone could be reduced to twenty-five (or 150) words or fewer; at least, I hope not. (Except for Zen monks, or other people who really crave reduction, if that makes sense.)

Glad you liked the poem! More soon ~ ~

Re: Hi lafindusiecle January 26 2006, 13:08:24 UTC

I meant to have broken the ice sooner too, but things do tend to get away from one. I'll certainly take the intent for the deed, if you accept my wretched ice breaking. It's less than stellar.

*laughs* Try not to drop too far, it's further to come back when you do!

I wouldn't want to be reduced to 25 words or fewer. You make perfect sense regarding the monks and others who crave reduction.