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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SI Bob who wrote (72098)	1/12/2000 3:29:00 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

JOHN DRYDEN (1631-1700) A SONG FOR ST. CECILIA'S DAY, 1687 Stanza 1 1 From harmony, from Heav'nly harmony 2 This universal frame began. 3 When Nature underneath a heap 4 Of jarring atoms lay, 5 And could not heave her head, 6 The tuneful voice was heard from high, 7 Arise ye more than dead. 8 Then cold, and hot, and moist, and dry, 9 In order to their stations leap, 10 And music's pow'r obey. 11 From harmony, from Heav'nly harmony 12 This universal frame began: 13 From harmony to harmony 14 Through all the compass of the notes it ran, 15 The diapason closing full in man. Stanza 2 16 What passion cannot music raise and quell! 17 When Jubal struck the corded shell, 18 His list'ning brethren stood around 19 And wond'ring, on their faces fell 20 To worship that celestial sound: 21 Less than a god they thought there could not dwell 22 Within the hollow of that shell 23 That spoke so sweetly and so well. 24 What passion cannot music raise and quell! Stanza 3 25 The trumpet's loud clangor 26 Excites us to arms 27 With shrill notes of anger 28 And mortal alarms. 29 The double double double beat 30 Of the thund'ring drum 31 Cries, hark the foes come; 32 Charge, charge, 'tis too late to retreat. Stanza 4 33 The soft complaining flute 34 In dying notes discovers 35 The woes of hopeless lovers, 36 Whose dirge is whisper'd by the warbling lute. Stanza 5 37 Sharp violins proclaim 38 Their jealous pangs, and desperation, 39 Fury, frantic indignation, 40 Depth of pains and height of passion, 41 For the fair, disdainful dame. Stanza 6 42 But oh! what art can teach 43 What human voice can reach 44 The sacred organ's praise? 45 Notes inspiring holy love, 46 Notes that wing their Heav'nly ways 47 To mend the choirs above. Stanza 7 48 Orpheus could lead the savage race; 49 And trees unrooted left their place; 50 Sequacious of the lyre: 51 But bright Cecilia rais'd the wonder high'r; 52 When to her organ, vocal breath was giv'n, 53 An angel heard, and straight appear'd 54 Mistaking earth for Heav'n. GRAND CHORUS 55 As from the pow'r of sacred lays 56 The spheres began to move, 57 And sung the great Creator's praise 58 To all the bless'd above; 59 So when the last and dreadful hour 60 This crumbling pageant shall devour, 61 The trumpet shall be heard on high, 62 The dead shall live, the living die, 63 And music shall untune the sky.

To: SI Bob who wrote (72098)	1/12/2000 6:10:00 PM
From: Tim Luke	Respond to of 108807

LOL..you tell em bob...hey is gnet on a budget?..since you are the only one to police si

To: SI Bob who wrote (72098)	1/12/2000 6:33:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Whew! Well, I for one will miss you. You intervened a while back and people responded well, the garbage stopped and good discussion resumed. Maybe this message will have the same effect, for a while. Maybe you could just put on your calendar to pop in once a month, notice that things have gotten out of hand again, give all a good e-spanking, and get on with your more important issues. And BTW, thanks for the confirmation that SI management agrees about the impropriety of waving the Ignore flag. Just wait until you all decide Ignore is being abused and take it away--then listen to the moans and groans! Hope to see you around (but NOT in my inbox with a warning! <g>)

To: SI Bob who wrote (72098)	1/13/2000 8:33:00 AM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

My mistake in first intervening in this thread was not seeing that so many of the participants just want to fight. And some want to use me as one of their weapons. No more. I have removed my bookmark from this thread so I can give the other threads (on which this site hangs its hat) the attention I was hired to give them. If an attack is particularly vicious, I want to know about it. But I'd rather not hear any more of the complaints about things that so many participants have already decided will be the status quo for this thread. Hmmmmmmmmm. Really? Why was Bill Vaughn suspended if you have unbookmarked the thread and are not paying attention? Almost feels like a doublecross to me. Just a few questions that might be relevant: What was the particularly vicious attack which resulted in his suspension since that would seem to be the standard you set out in this message I'm responding to? If you found the alleged attack particularly vicious, did you read the thread leading up to it and has the other party been suspended as well? Maybe you ought to explain your rationale for the suspension in light of the post I'm responding to so we can all act accordingly? Who is is that used you as a weapon in this case? I think you had it right when you said you should never have intervened. But if you are going to intervene, then you must enforce the rules evenly and consistently. IMO, you haven't done that in this case nor in many others. JLA