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  • on Corinna, from Athens, to Tanagra by Walter Savage Landor, on May 25, 2004
    O let thy children lean aslant
    Against the tender mother’s knee,
    And gaze into her face, and want
    To know what magic there can be


    These last few lines really caught my attention. The old fanshioned languag sort of made it hard to read for me at first but after a couple of reads I really enjoyed the flow and rhythm

  • on On The Death Of Prince Meshchersky by Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin, on May 25, 2004
    The imagery in this is rather bleak: Death just standing by sharpening his scythe and biding his time to take us all oneday. Its kind of a creepy way to think of it but it is true in a sense.

  • on My Greatest Need is You by Rabia al Basri, on May 25, 2004
    This is really intense. There is such longing and anguish, it seems almost painful. The emotion in this is almost palpable.

  • on Moonlight by Victoria Sackville-West, on May 25, 2004
    What time the meanest brick and stone
    Take on a beauty not their own,
    And past the flaw of builded wood
    Shines the intention whole and good

    This is really amazing, the imagery is so inspiring, unlike anything i've seen in a long time. I have to agree, this is a really passionate poem. She uses a simple aa bb cc... rhyme scheme which i usually get bored with but in this poem, with such great images the flow is powerful and moving.
    Edited on May 25, 3:17 because ''.