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Tau
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| Subject: Poems . . .  Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:14 pm | |
| Basically, post some of your favorite poems. I have two. First, one relevant to the mod: There was a young lady named Bright Whose speed was much faster than light; She started one day In the relative way And returned on the previous night. Next, Excelsior by H. W. Longfellow: - Spoiler:
The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine village passed
A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice,
A banner with the strange device,
Excelsior!
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His brow was sad; his eye beneath,
Flashed like a falchion from its sheath,
And like a silver clarion rung
The accents of that unknown tongue,
Excelsior!
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In happy homes he saw the light
Of household fires gleam warm and bright;
Above, the spectral glaciers shone,
And from his lips escaped a groan,
Excelsior!
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"Try not the Pass!" the old man said:
"Dark lowers the tempest overhead,
The roaring torrent is deep and wide!
And loud that clarion voice replied,
Excelsior!
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"Oh stay," the maiden said, "and rest
Thy weary head upon this breast!"
A tear stood in his bright blue eye,
But still he answered, with a sigh,
Excelsior!
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"Beware the pine-tree's withered branch!
Beware the awful avalanche!"
This was the peasant's last Good-night,
A voice replied, far up the height,
Excelsior!
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At break of day, as heavenward
The pious monks of Saint Bernard
Uttered the oft-repeated prayer,
A voice cried through the startled air,
Excelsior!
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A traveller, by the faithful hound,
Half-buried in the snow was found,
Still grasping in his hand of ice
That banner with the strange device,
Excelsior!
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There in the twilight cold and gray,
Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay,
And from the sky, serene and far,
A voice fell, like a falling star,
Excelsior!
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| | | | Joel
Marine
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Join date : 2012-04-01
Age : 27
Location : A Death World, stopping a Waaagh!
| | Subject: Re: Poems . . . Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:27 pm | |
| I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF HUMAN FOOLISHNESS THIS IS. I WILL NOT PARTICIPATE. | |
| | | | Laserbilly
Infantry
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Join date : 2012-04-19
| | Subject: Re: Poems . . . Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:44 pm | |
| I don't read poetry often or on purpose, but I do have a poem that I love, especially #3: - Spoiler:
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1.
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!
"Charge for the guns!" he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
2.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Someone had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
3.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.
4.
Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air,
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel'd from the sabre stroke
Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.
5.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.
6.
When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honor the charge they made,
Honor the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred.
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| | | | Keon
Lord/Lady Rear Admiral 1st
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| | Subject: Re: Poems . . . Sat Sep 15, 2012 12:51 am | |
| I don't like much poetry, but one that has stayed with me is:
Edit: eh, whatever. Can't find it right now.
Last edited by Keon on Sat Sep 15, 2012 2:02 pm; edited 1 time in total | |
| | | | Ivan2006
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Location : The Dungeon.
| | Subject: Re: Poems . . . Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:36 am | |
| - Keon wrote:
- I don't like much poetry, but one that has stayed with me is:
What are you talking about? there´s nothing after the ":" | |
| | | | Iv121
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| | Subject: Re: Poems . . . Sat Sep 15, 2012 6:07 am | |
| - Surp. Grm. Ivan Kintobor wrote:
- Keon wrote:
- I don't like much poetry, but one that has stayed with me is:
What are you talking about? there´s nothing after the ":" Maybe that's what he meant ... | |
| | | | ACH0225
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| | Subject: Re: Poems . . . Sat Sep 15, 2012 10:32 am | |
| I prefer riddles. Here is a simple one.
I follow and lead as you pass
dress yourself in black my darkness lasts
I flee the light but without the sun
Your view of me would be gone and | |
| | | | Joel
Marine
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Location : A Death World, stopping a Waaagh!
| | Subject: Re: Poems . . . Sat Sep 15, 2012 1:30 pm | |
| - ACH0225 wrote:
- I prefer riddles. Here is a simple one.
I follow and lead as you pass
dress yourself in black my darkness lasts
I flee the light but without the sun
Your view of me would be gone and And what? | |
| | | | ACH0225
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| | Subject: Re: Poems . . . Sat Sep 15, 2012 2:01 pm | |
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| | | | Keon
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| | Subject: Re: Poems . . . Sat Sep 15, 2012 2:01 pm | |
| - Iv121 wrote:
- Surp. Grm. Ivan Kintobor wrote:
- Keon wrote:
- I don't like much poetry, but one that has stayed with me is:
What are you talking about? there´s nothing after the ":"
Maybe that's what he meant ... Hmm, I can see it. Let me fix that. | |
| | | | The Schmetterling
DEV
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| | Subject: Re: Poems . . . Sun Sep 16, 2012 5:31 am | |
| I like Ozymandias:
I met a traveler from an antique land, who said:
"two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert".
Near them, on the sane, half sunk, a shattered visage lies;
whose frown and wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
tell that its sculptor well those passions read,
which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things.
The heart that mocked them, and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings.
Look on my works ye mighty and despair!"
Nothing besides remains.
Round the decay of the colossal wreck,
boundless and bare,
the lone an level sands stretch far away...
It's from memory, so it mightn't be quite right. | |
| | | | The Schmetterling
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| | Subject: Re: Poems . . . Sun Sep 16, 2012 5:33 am | |
| - ACH0225 wrote:
- I prefer riddles. Here is a simple one.
I follow and lead as you pass
dress yourself in black my darkness lasts
I flee the light but without the sun
Your view of me would be gone and Even without you finishing the riddle, it is obvious that it is a shadow. I'll start a new thread about riddles. | |
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