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To: Uncle Frank who wrote (1403)	4/24/1999 2:54:00 PM
From: red jinn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

uncle frank: note from a lurker who's benefited from the posts you and others have made. you cite verses from "the south country" as your favorite poem, and you cite the author as louis untermeymer. you must be citing from an anthology, which is what untermeyer usually writes. the poem is actually by hilaire belloc, a french/englishman who lived from about 1870-1954. he was educated at oxford and b/c he didn't get the teaching position he thought he had earned - he was president of the debating society and took a first in "greats" (which is essentially history and the classics) - he became a journalist/novelist/essayist/biographer/poet. he also wrote some wonderful poems for children, and i recommend that all parents with youngsters try to find his "cautionary verses." i don't think "south country" is his best poem (but that's why there's chocolate and vanilla). he wrote a long poem in praise of wine in heroic couplets that's good. and i can't remember the title of another poem of his that i like, but it has a verse that goes something like (if i were at home i'd look it up): From quiet home and first beginnings Out to the undiscovered ends, There's nothing worth the wear of winning But laughter and the love of friends. That ties in with his sentiments from "South Country": "And the men that were boys when I was a boy Shall sit and drink with me." and when all is said and done, what is better in life than to sit, eat, drink, and talk with and enjoy the company of one's family and friends. best regards