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He was a common man, just wanting the American dream. A love, a family, a life to share with someone. And he had met her, but he was shy, and unsure. He was always nice to her, - Politics of Fire and Swords; Views of the 2004 Election Campaign at storywrite
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Jared-12 became conscience, he could not remember much about where he was, or what had happened. He slowly pushed himself up, as he was flat on his face. He was in a desert and
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on Against Women Unconstant by Geoffrey Chaucer, on September 8, 2005One of the issues that give Chaucer's words a hard tome for many people, is not the period, but the still crude mix. Just as Olde English was a mix of Latin, Tutonic, and other languages, Middle English has a simular mix that still has not flush into an even flow yet. Modern English has finally smooth out many of the rough edges, and Middle was just a stepping stone to where we are today.
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on Balin and Balan by Alfred Lord Tennyson, on April 23, 2005I think his best Epic written was "The Charge Of The Light Brigade ". In that pirce he kept an even flow and thought. Which the lack of even thought through this is what hurts it.
I agree, epics, or Naritives, which ever you choose to call them today, can be very exciting and fulfilling works. This one lacks the tightness of a good epic. -
on Custar's Last Ride by Albery Allson Whitman, on March 25, 2005This was written in the thought that was portrayed that Custer was actually fighting through most of this battle. The truth was never let out, even though it was written in 1907, until the seventies that he was actually one of the first killed in that battle. A number of the indian survivors recalled seeing him fall on the first wave, and some even put him as the third man they seen fall.
Custer, by disobeying orders to make himself look good for the next Presidential Elections, took his men into a suicidal attack that wiped out most of his troops, and accomplishing nothing.
This was a leader that earned no respect for his actions, as he was too reckless with the lives of his troops, and caused many needless deaths.
A more fitting tribute to him would be in one of Johnny Horton's songs about Jim Bridger, where he says; "Listen yellow hair, talk to the chiefs, but Custer didn't, and in Little Big Horn Custer fell".
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on Where Helen Sits by Laura Elizabeth Richards, on March 22, 2005I remember reading somewhere that many in the older English traditions would leave a chair (usually the favorite) of the deseased after they died. This was a place of reverence for a lost family member.
I feel this is what Mrs. Richards is talking about here.
"Yet do her gentle thoughts make melody
Sweeter than aught from harp or viol flung;
And Love and Beauty, quiring each to each,
Sing as the stars of Eden’s morning sung,
Where Helen sits. "
