Another reign? In faith, we’ve had our fill!
All lies and bluster, while reason’s sent the bill;
Truth cowers, wit tires, a sad and endless groan
A second crowning for folly's on the throne.
Sorry, reading Restoration poets again while I've been sick.
All lies and bluster, while reason’s sent the bill;
Truth cowers, wit tires, a sad and endless groan
A second crowning for folly's on the throne.
Sorry, reading Restoration poets again while I've been sick.
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Who’s going to guard them?
Not Restoration, but...
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
Doing your bit to balance out that '3rd Grade Reading Ability' of MAGA 👍😉
Lawrence Fenton: What these so-called important people are doing with words. The way they use language to actually hide what they mean. It's a form of corruption. … what is being said, once language loses its power to connect us, civilization is finished.
Worth watching for that episode
https://mypoeticside.com/poets/sir-george-etherege-poems
I now patrol the sketchy waters of the now-abused GERUND. Joy Reid knows how to use it correctly but most don't..."His ouster" when it should be "his ousting" makes my skin crawl, esp. when the meaning of a sentence is mangled! SIGH!
Thank you.