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Pastimes : Calling all SI Poets

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To: Andrew H who wrote (769)7/31/1997 3:53:00 PM
From: epicure   of 2095
 
You know I have a collection of his stuff around here somewhere I will look for it. My favorite is (from memory, so it may not be correct)

With rue my heart is laden
for golden friends I had
for many a rose lipped maiden
and many a lightfoot lad.

By brooks to broad for leaping
the lightfoot lads are laid
the rose lipped maids lie sleeping
in fields where flowers fade.

I heard Sir John Gielgud recite Housman on Dick Cavet(sp?) (at least I think it was Cavet) and he cried as he recited the poem. It was lovely. And Cavet reached over and touched Sir John's cheek and said "Look a real tear..."
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