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From Venus With Love

Started by tomwatson · 11 months ago

Valentine’s Day summons up memories for me of the time Steed and I spent with the BVS (British Venusian Society) a while back.
It also calls to mind some of the great poetry of the ages.
I always thought Matthew Arnold had the best all rou ... Continue reading »

4 comments

  • Tom Watson

    2 years ago

    Not Cupid-related, but isn't this from the Honeymooners, Ralph (the dreamer) to Norton (the happy fellow well-met):

    But, since life teems with ill,
    Nurse no extravagant hope.
    Because thou must not dream, thou need'st not then despair.

    And away we go....
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  • M.A. Peel

    2 years ago

    Tom, you wild Arnold scholar, you. Touche.
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  • Tom Watson

    2 years ago

    I confess to remembering the quote with some haze, and employing google for the accurate line. But, I may well be the first critic to see Kramden in Arnold, at any rate!
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    3 months ago

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