Houseman's Remorseful Day poem
cynara
Martin Underwood has found it for us. THANKS Martin!! Cheers!
THe Remorseful Day
How clear, how lovely bright,
How beautiful to sight
Those beams of morning play,
How heaven laughs out with glee
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Where, like a bird set free,
Up from the eastern sea
Soars the delightful day.
To-day I shall be strong,
No more shall yield to wrong,
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Shall squander life no more;
Days lost, I know not how,
I shall retrieve them now;
Now I shall keep the vow
I never kept before.
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Ensanguining the skies
How heavily it dies
Into the west away;
Past touch and sight and sound,
Not further to be found,
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How hopeless under ground
Falls the remorseful day.
@zonnet.nl Herman van der Woude
cynara <cyn...@excite.com> schreef:
| Sometime ago, someone requested the full poem, THe Remorseful Day.
Hi Cy,
I think, it was me, who asked for it - I never could find a complete
version of the poem.
| Martin Underwood has found it for us. THANKS Martin!! Cheers!
Thanks Martin, for sharing this with us, and thanks Cy, for publishing
it now.
Whenever my time comes - and I most certainly hope that it won't be
soon! - I hope someone will recite it for me.
--
Herman van der Woude
hvdwoude @ zonnet.nl
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Martin Underwood
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Cyndi has beaten me to it: I was going to publish the URL to the site where
I found it, but my electricity has been off *yet again* and it only came
back a little while ago. It's highly ironic that I suffer so many power cuts
when I only live about a mile from Didcot Power Station :-(
Michael Kinraid
Many thanks for posting the full poem. Not only did it provide the
prerequisite mid afternoon pick me up, but must stand as one of the most
beautiful thinsg I have ever read.
Colin's reading of it on the Best of Morse (?) Cd a few years ago was quite
wonderful - and to think I had forgotten all about it until this afternoon.
*grin*
Regards,
M.
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@zonnet.nl Herman van der Woude
Martin Underwood <m...@privacy.net> schreef:
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| Cyndi has beaten me to it: I was going to publish the URL to the site
| where I found it, but my electricity has been off *yet again* and it
| only came back a little while ago. It's highly ironic that I suffer
| so many power cuts when I only live about a mile from Didcot Power
| Station :-(
Well Martin maybe the following quote is appropriate, referring to your
power cuts:
"Past touch and sight and sound,
Not further to be found,
How hopeless under ground
Falls the remorseful day."
--
Herman van der Woude
hvdwoude @ zonnet.nl
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@zonnet.nl Herman van der Woude
Michael Kinraid <mic...@tadfinancial.com> schreef:
| A quick hello from a lurker here... (and a long time one at that)
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| Many thanks for posting the full poem. Not only did it provide the
| prerequisite mid afternoon pick me up, but must stand as one of the
| most beautiful thinsg I have ever read.
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| Colin's reading of it on the Best of Morse (?) Cd a few years ago
| was quite wonderful - and to think I had forgotten all about it
| until this afternoon. *grin*
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| Regards,
| M.
|
Well, Michael,
The most beautiful things tend to happen almost always unexpected...
Hello in the group, BTW!
Michael Kinraid
lurked here for years (on and off) I feel like part of the furniture.
(Perhaps kept under the stairs......)
Having said that, I would be interested in knowing where in the world all
the regulars hail from - and anything else anyone feels fit to share !
M.
"Herman van der Woude" <hvdwoude @ zonnet.nl> wrote in message
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@zonnet.nl Herman van der Woude
Michael Kinraid <mic...@tadfinancial.com> schreef:
| Lol - thanks for the warm welcome Herman, though I must confess that
| having lurked here for years (on and off) I feel like part of the
| furniture. (Perhaps kept under the stairs......)
Furniture kept under the stairs do often need a lot of dusting... ;-))
| Having said that, I would be interested in knowing where in the world
| all the regulars hail from - and anything else anyone feels fit to
| share !
Well, I am Dutch. I try to write English as good as possible - I do try
to speak English as good as I can too - but most Brits I meet ask me
most of the time after me having spoken three sentences: "And what part
of Holland ar you from...?" I assume I must have a horrifying Dutch
accent (and I wouldn't be surprised if even my written English has this
accent too).
Cy (cynara), is American, born on Hawai and now living in Texas.
Martin is a real Oxfordian and for the rest, there aren't that much
regulars left in what we used to call our 'cyber pub', I'm afraid.
Do tell us more about yourself, Michael, after you got rid of all the
dust.
Keith
> Cy (cynara), is American, born on Hawai and now living in Texas.
> Martin is a real Oxfordian and for the rest, there aren't that much
> regulars left in what we used to call our 'cyber pub', I'm afraid.
Hey |I'm still here!
Living in Devon.
Now, where did I leave my pint?
K.
@zonnet.nl Herman van der Woude
Keith <mam...@globalnet.co.uk> schreef:
Down your throat, perhaps?
Now buy us another pint, please!
Keith
cheap as it is good!
Hi Cy, and what's your tipple?
K.
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> No problem Herman the round is on me. The beer in this cyber pub is as
> cheap as it is good!
> Hi Cy, and what's your tipple?
When she was over here the other week, I introduced Cyndi to the delights of
a good Oxfordshire pint - Morland's Old Speckled Hen.
MzGwenny
I am too, altho I mostly lurk. I am located near Los Angeles which is in So.
California. I'll get you a fresh pint, Keith. :)
Gwen
@zonnet.nl Herman van der Woude
Keith <mam...@globalnet.co.uk> schreef:
| No problem Herman the round is on me. The beer in this cyber pub is
| as cheap as it is good!
| Hi Cy, and what's your tipple?
I now Cy's favorite: she would love a Bass Ale - and that's a good
choice - or a Best Bitter - laso not a beer to avoid - so, make your
choice, Keith, ad please her! Or am I wrong, Cy (hiccups)?
At this very moment I'm sipping a glas (atualy th third of a bottle) of
red, Spanish wine - and I am feeling happier all the time. O wll, it's
Sunday evening and tomorrow I must be this great detective again...
Tonight I've been watching 'Held inTrust', which I taped last Fridy
night from Belgian television, a 'Touch of Frost' episode (the last
episode, maybe)? Very good. Very sad too, as it dealed with (sexual)
child abuse. It made me very aware of the real world around us.
Now I'm getting more serious, even with this wine down my throat.
A few years ago I searched the Internet for sick (ther is no other words
for it) pictures about sexual child abuse. Before starting my search I
had some sort of 'understanding' of people (men/women) who had this
preference for young, (in my eyes: young teenagers), children - on the
edge of becoming girls and boys. After I found the pictures, I was
really shocked! I won't go into any details, but believe me, not only
(sexual active) teeenagers were involved, but children, even babies were
too! Since that moment - I cannot see a pedophile no longer as a
patient, who needs some sort compassion or - at least - some sort of
understanding. No, not at all anymore: for some kind of men (it is
mostly men who are so children 'loving') are only intersted in
satisfying their only sexual satisfaction on the cost of children
without any concern for their victmis, whatever excuse they might make.
They just destroy lifes - and there's no more to be said about this.
I know I drank too much wine, but still I am serious. Let's protect our
children as good as we can, and let's understand that even in doing so,
we still do too little. Let's at least fight child abuse where ever we
see it.
Now you see where a good episode of 'A Touch Of Frost' and a glass a
wine too much can bring a man...
And I didn't even wanted me to be that serious at all...
Cheerio anyway!
@zonnet.nl Herman van der Woude
Martin Underwood <m...@privacy.net> schreef:
| When she was over here the other week, I introduced Cyndi to the
| delights of a good Oxfordshire pint - Morland's Old Speckled Hen.
Ah, now I am not the one who wants to disappoint you, Martin, but Cy
already knew through me, that an Old Speckled Hen really is is an
outstanding ale.
Even here in Holland I still keep a supply of this stuff.
Did you know, that there even was a supermarket chain in the Netherlands
whic hsold this beer? Alsas for me recession took it's toll: they don''t
sell it any more. But whenever I travel to the UK, I try to buy new
supplies - though it is no cheap beer. But it's worth every penny for
it.
Kees
Yours was a firm statement if I ever saw one and rightly so!
By the way: I'm the guy sitting quietly in the corner of Morse's cyber pub.
Just quietly sipping his beer and only casually hearing the conversation.
And preferably being unnoticed and minding his own business.
Not getting involved in any type of conversation unless he really feels the
need to.
I'm just here for the same reason as anyone else here : Keeping a dear
memory alive. Reading about all the familiar places in Oxford and dreaming
all those magnificent episodes and books over and over again!
But every once in a while it turns out that one of the regulars has had a
thorough long look inside a bottle of wine. And he makes a statement that is
ever so true.
And it's by that time that I come out of my corner and say that you are
right in every word and urge you to go to bed now.
Somewhere along the line I read that someone was wondering where the locals
in this pub resided and I must admit: I'm Dutch too.
My name is as Dutch as they come and more than likely that will rub off on
my English as well. But as they say : one does one's best!
Thanks for all the contributions to the pub-talk and I hope to be welcome to
come in here from time to time to just listen to what is on and enjoy the
atmosphere.
Greetings,
Kees
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cynara
I knew you were out there, Gwen!
:>))
I've tried and tried to post and I guess they're going...I don't know.
Anywhere but here. Move over, Keith. I WANT to join this party. I
DID try Old Speckled Hen--Herman, Martin will give you a run for your
money when it comes to the stuff! LOL. I like Best Bitter, but this
time I tried a goodly amount of Guinness. My host told me at least
it's healthy for you with iron and all that. I'm all for health!
CHEERS! I was told by someone before I left that Guinness is
different tasting when one is in Ireland. Is this true? IF so, why?
Is it more a sense of it's different tasting because one is in Irelan?
OR is it because the ingredients are different in Ireland as opposed
to Oxford, for example?
CYN
Martin Underwood
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> Keith <mam...@globalnet.co.uk> schreef:
> | No problem Herman the round is on me. The beer in this cyber pub is
> | as cheap as it is good!
> | Hi Cy, and what's your tipple?
>
> night from Belgian television, a 'Touch of Frost' episode (the last
> episode, maybe)? Very good. Very sad too, as it dealed with (sexual)
> child abuse. It made me very aware of the real world around us.
Yes, I remember that episode. Very powerful - and Frost's actions at the end
were very understandable.
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Dark", were made and shown recently on British TV. It's been said that
there are no plans to make any more episodes, which is a shame but Frost's
had a good run for his money. At the end of "Held in Trust" it looked as if
Frost would be suspended or even sacked for what he did to the paedophile,
but somehow (much to Horn-Rimmed Harry's disgust) he managed to wriggle off
the hook and escape any disciplinary charges.
I like Frost. David Jason really makes the character come alive, just as
John Thaw did for Morse. And it's always interesting looking out for
locations that I recognise: it's filmed in and around Leeds (Yorkshire)
where I was born and brought up.
Martin Underwood
I think Irish Guinness is supposed to taste better than Guinness brewed
anywhere else because of the difference in the water that's used: it's said
that Irish Guinness is made with water straight from the River Liffey (which
runs through Dublin), but that may be a myth. There may well be other
differences as well - I wish I'd paid a bit more attention when I went round
the Guinness brewery in Dublin. Certainly Guinness sold in a can tastes very
different from draught Guinness, but then that applies to many beers. Morse
would have known the full story, I'm sure.
I've fond memories of going over to Dublin on a business trip to demonstrate
my department's software at a computer show. We got there on a Sunday, and
it was quite a novelty to be able to have a drink in a pub - at the time,
English pubs didn't open much (or at all?) on a Sunday. Of course we all
tried a pint of real Irish Guinness, followed by the other two stouts that
the pub sold. Which was best? Hard to say, so of course we had to try each
one again! It was after this that I saw leprechauns and fairies...
Seriously! As we were walking through the streets of Dublin, we were
startled by a young boy dressed head-to-toe in a green leprechaun suit
(going to a fancy dress party?) who leapt out from behind a gatepost, and
later saw loads of little girls in white bridal dresses who apparently were
going to confirmation classes. Good stuff, that Guinness!
@zonnet.nl Herman van der Woude
Martin Underwood <m...@privacy.net> schreef:
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| as John Thaw did for Morse. And it's always interesting looking out
| for locations that I recognise: it's filmed in and around Leeds
| (Yorkshire) where I was born and brought up.
Really! I always wondered where it was filmed. Of course I know that
this 'Denton' is an imaginary 'Denton' situated not too far away from
London, somehow. Leeds is, though. Somehow I fancied, that the series
had been filmed 'all over the country' not in any particular city or
region, but now somehow Denton has become a face to me.
And, yes, Martin, I do agree, that David Jason most certainly gave Frost
a 'face', actually, like John Thaw became more or less Morse, so became
David Jason Frost.
So, alas, only two more episodes to go.
--
Herman van der Woude
hvdwoude @ zonnet.nl
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@zonnet.nl Herman van der Woude
Kees <tci...@xs4all.nl> schreef:
| Cheers Herman,
Well, hello Kees,
It is always nice to see a fellow countryman around! I could address to
you in Dutch, but it wouldn't be very polite to the others gathered
around in this, our, pub, would it?
| Yours was a firm statement if I ever saw one and rightly so!
O, maybe I drank one glass of wine too much, certainly when I saw all
those typing errors... Nevertheless, I still stand for the content I did
write!
| By the way: I'm the guy sitting quietly in the corner of Morse's
| cyber pub. Just quietly sipping his beer and only casually hearing
| the conversation. And preferably being unnoticed and minding his own
| business.
Well, this pub is 'home' for many strangers - whatever reason, whatever
behaviour.
| Not getting involved in any type of conversation unless he really
| feels the need to.
| I'm just here for the same reason as anyone else here : Keeping a dear
| memory alive. Reading about all the familiar places in Oxford and
| dreaming all those magnificent episodes and books over and over again!
Ah, yes, Morse and Oxford! It is only a few weeks ago my wife and I and
Cyn from the States went to Oxford. It is strange almost, how much you
still feel of our Detective Chief-Inspector in the streets of Oxford.
Hundreds of years Oxford was known all over the world as a university
city, a place of high scolarship. When people said "Oxford", the only
answers could be: "University", "Annual boat-race of Oxford and
Cambridge" (Oxford lost this year). But nowadays if you mention Oxford,
the first thing people say is "Morse!" And that is remarkable.
| But every once in a while it turns out that one of the regulars has
| had a thorough long look inside a bottle of wine. And he makes a
| statement that is ever so true.
| And it's by that time that I come out of my corner and say that you
| are right in every word and urge you to go to bed now.
Well, I've risen from this temporary grave again, even sober!
| Somewhere along the line I read that someone was wondering where the
| locals in this pub resided and I must admit: I'm Dutch too.
| My name is as Dutch as they come and more than likely that will rub
| off on my English as well. But as they say : one does one's best!
Even better than I (but that is not that difficult, I'm afraid).
| Thanks for all the contributions to the pub-talk and I hope to be
| welcome to come in here from time to time to just listen to what is
| on and enjoy the atmosphere.
You are always welcome in this pub. You an even react to peoples remarks
without sending them to bed straight after that...
Enjoy your stay, Kees, have a pint!
Michael Kinraid
*grin*
M.
"MzGwenny" <mzgw...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Kjell Ove Hattrem
In the spirit of Inspector Morse, I would like to correct the spelling
of AE Housman's name.
Well; there it is, then.
--
Kjell Ove Hattrem
lurker
Norway
cynara
> Hello all,
>
> In the spirit of Inspector Morse, I would like to correct the spelling
> of AE Housman's name.
>
> Well; there it is, then.
Yup. Here it is, then. :>))
GREETINGS Kjell. Morse (and Dexter) would be proud of you. Quick!
Gwen! Bring him a drink of...what will you have, dear sir?
ALAS! I can't believe it got by me. Maybe I should say I was just
testing you.
(Grin) NO? I tried!
CHEERS!
CYN
Kjell Ove Hattrem
> GREETINGS Kjell. Morse (and Dexter) would be proud of you. Quick!
> Gwen! Bring him a drink of...what will you have, dear sir?
Was it not Dexter (of course it was) who quoted Aristophanes in a
chapter heading: "Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet
my mind and say something clever."
I'll settle for a pilsner on a table outside in the sun, thank you.
Cheers!
--
Kjell Ove Hattrem
I got a half a pack of Lucky Strikes, man, so come along with me
cynara
> Cynara:
> > GREETINGS Kjell. Morse (and Dexter) would be proud of you. Quick!
> > Gwen! Bring him a drink of...what will you have, dear sir?
>
> Was it not Dexter (of course it was) who quoted Aristophanes in a
> chapter heading: "Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet
> my mind and say something clever."
>
> I'll settle for a pilsner on a table outside in the sun, thank you.
>
> Cheers!
Aristophanes was the start to a good friendship. I sent Colin that
quote eons ago now, it seems. It was so Morse that I couldn't believe
that he hadn't used it. He simply didn't know about it but when I
sent it, he immediately wrote back and said he literally had the
publisher stop the press so they could add it as an intro. I still
have the letter. The book is : Death Is Now My Neighbour.
The whole quote is this:
"When men drink, they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and
are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine
so that I may wet my mind and say something clever."
Aristophanes Knights (424 B.C.
Kjell, for bringing back a happy memory, lemme serve you TWO pilsners,
my treat.
:>)) CY
Martin Underwood
> Kjell Ove Hattrem <hat...@start.no.INVALID> wrote in message
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> > Cynara:
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> > chapter heading: "Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet
> > my mind and say something clever."
>
> quote eons ago now, it seems. It was so Morse that I couldn't believe
> that he hadn't used it. He simply didn't know about it but when I
> sent it, he immediately wrote back and said he literally had the
> publisher stop the press so they could add it as an intro. I still
> have the letter. The book is : Death Is Now My Neighbour.
I hadn't realised that Colin didn't already know this quotation when you
mentioned it to him. The thought of him begin unaware of *any* quotation
from the Classics is hard to comprehend ;-)
Bart-Jeroen Hemstra
> | Having said that, I would be interested in knowing where in the world
> | all the regulars hail from - and anything else anyone feels fit to
> | share !
Hey Herman, still lurking !!! And I've still the good ol' website on my HD,
so one day maybe !
>
> Well, I am Dutch. I try to write English as good as possible - I do try
> to speak English as good as I can too - but most Brits I meet ask me
> most of the time after me having spoken three sentences: "And what part
> of Holland ar you from...?" I assume I must have a horrifying Dutch
> accent (and I wouldn't be surprised if even my written English has this
> accent too).
>
The same goes for me.
Bart
@zonnet.nl Herman van der Woude
Bart-Jeroen Hemstra <use...@ditweglaten-hemstra.com> schreef:
||| Having said that, I would be interested in knowing where in the
||| world all the regulars hail from - and anything else anyone feels
||| fit to share !
|
| Hey Herman, still lurking !!! And I've still the good ol' website on
| my HD, so one day maybe !
Welcome back, Bart-Jeroen. Sit down and have a pint of whatever it is
you like.Now tell thefolks around who are new here what your interests
are!
Cheers,
cynara
> >
> > | Having said that, I would be interested in knowing where in the world
> > | all the regulars hail from - and anything else anyone feels fit to
> > | share !
>
> Hey Herman, still lurking !!! And I've still the good ol' website on my HD,
> so one day maybe !
BART!!
WHERE'VE you been hiding? What have you been up to? Good to hear from you again.
Quick! A pint of something for Bart!
CYN
Kjell Ove Hattrem
> Aristophanes was the start to a good friendship. I sent Colin that
> quote eons ago now, it seems. It was so Morse that I couldn't believe
> that he hadn't used it. He simply didn't know about it but when I
> sent it, he immediately wrote back and said he literally had the
> publisher stop the press so they could add it as an intro. I still
> have the letter. The book is : Death Is Now My Neighbour.
What a wonderful story! And way to go, Cyn -- that quotation worked! I
remember it well.
> Kjell, for bringing back a happy memory, lemme serve you TWO pilsners,
> my treat.
That's an offer I cannot refuse! Now, take a seat and tell us about your
book. How's it going?
--
Kjell Ove Hattrem
on the sidewalk, having a drink