The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Tue 10/31/06)

[RetroLounge]

Spirits Of The Dead

Thy soul shall find itself alone
'Mid dark thoughts of the grey tomb-stone;
Not one, of all the crowd, to pry
Into thine hour of secrecy.

Be silent in that solitude,
Which is not loneliness- for then
The spirits of the dead, who stood
In life before thee, are again
In death around thee, and their will
Shall overshadow thee; be still.

The night, though clear, shall frown,
And the stars shall not look down
From their high thrones in the Heaven
With light like hope to mortals given,
But their red orbs, without beam,
To thy weariness shall seem
As a burning and a fever
Which would cling to thee for ever.

Now are thoughts thou shalt not banish,
Now are visions ne'er to vanish;
From thy spirit shall they pass
No more, like dew-drop from the grass.

The breeze, the breath of God, is still,
And the mist upon the hill
Shadowy, shadowy, yet unbroken,
Is a symbol and a token.
How it hangs upon the trees,
A mystery of mysteries!

Edgar Allan Poe

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RL

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[Callalily]

1. Most appropriate poem

for today RL.

The lines,

Be silent in that solitude,
Which is not loneliness

I clearly can relate. Ahhhhhh . . .

:hi: :hug:

[miss_american_pie]

2. Since it's Halloween

A little Goblin Market

She cried "Laura," up the garden,
"Did you miss me?
Come and kiss me.
Never mind my bruises,
Hug me, kiss me, suck my juices
Squeezed from goblin fruits for you,
Goblin pulp and goblin dew.
Eat me, drink me, love me;
Laura, make much of me:
For your sake I have braved the glen
And had to do with goblin merchant men."



;) :hi:

[wildhorses]

3. i love that last verse

The breeze, the breath of God, is still,
And the mist upon the hill
Shadowy, shadowy, yet unbroken,
Is a symbol and a token.
How it hangs upon the trees,
A mystery of mysteries!

happy halloween, RL:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear Retro!

What a terrific choice for today!

Rather dark, though...........

Thanks, sweetie! :hug:

[RetroLounge]

5. Rather Dark?

of course it is, my dear CP.

It's Halloween and it's Edgar Allen Poe!

:hi:

RL

[The Straight Story]

6. Here be my poems for you:

http://www.toddhowell.com/poems/

[reformedrepub]

7. I aint a poet and I know it

RL...dude you are Dylan Thomas reincarnated.