ode

[sowmyar]

Thomas gray in 'Ode on a distant prospect of Eton college'
Why should they know their fate?
Since sorrow never comes too late,
And happiness too swiftly flies.
Thought would destroy their paradise.

Comments

[smriti]

Thought would destroy their paradise

You should hang this up on your desk and repeat it a 1000 times a day.

[smriti]

Hey sow, I just read the whole thing. The last 4-5 paragraphs are beautiful, I'm going to steal this post.

http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poem884.html

I shld

[sowmyar]

Though I am not a poet like you I was able to appreciate it.
Does this one go nxt to ur monkey poster?

Re: I shld

[smriti]

Of course not! The monkey deserves room all by itself.

On 2nd thoughts, its a poetic way of saying what the monkey poster says :-D

[anonymous]

i'm not too much into english lit, yet, this one rings true! i did manage to skim through the 100-liner..wow!

[sowmyar]

You read the 100 liner 'Ode' w/o reading for ur quals?. Commn some of us dont want you to do a as usual, last min job of it.... Cheers

Dont know why is that when it comes to you I am at my very nakkal best! ie: To be taken as 'Ofcourse you are special'