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style=&quot;FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlMKnw0N_24AHbzz2po3ErcRYfJmsUTAfCNJemlTSZAKO47ZT_dJWBRf4UEfnzoatQLotrBIv_BIGqOq3i-z6DaDpRD0Cn-yuSNQ9gWse0RrtIkd8j6PR9OgHR2-3uCn-5Yu5uFbloObk/s400/270px-Rupert_Brooke_Q_71073.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In your arms was still delight,&lt;br /&gt;Quiet as a street at night;&lt;br /&gt;And thoughts of you, I do remember,&lt;br /&gt;Were green leaves in a darkened chamber,&lt;br /&gt;Were dark clouds in a moonless sky.&lt;br /&gt;Love, in you, went passing by,&lt;br /&gt;Penetrative, remote, and rare,&lt;br /&gt;Like a bird in the wide air;&lt;br /&gt;And, as the bird, it left no trace&lt;br /&gt;In the heaven of your face.&lt;br /&gt;In your stupidity I found&lt;br /&gt;The sweet hush after a sweet sound.&lt;br /&gt;All about you was the light&lt;br /&gt;That dims the graying end of night;&lt;br /&gt;Desire was the unrisen sun,&lt;br /&gt;Joy the day not yet begun,&lt;br /&gt;With tree whispering to tree,&lt;br /&gt;Without wind, quietly.&lt;br /&gt;Wisdom slept within your hair,&lt;br /&gt;And Long-suffering was there,&lt;br /&gt;And, in the flowing of your dress,&lt;br /&gt;Undiscerning Tenderness.&lt;br /&gt;And when you thought, it seemed to me,&lt;br /&gt;Infinitely, and like a sea,&lt;br /&gt;About the sleight world you had known&lt;br /&gt;Your vast unconsciousness was thrown. . . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O haven without wave or tide!&lt;br /&gt;Silence, in which all songs have died!&lt;br /&gt;Holy book, where all hearts are still!&lt;br /&gt;And home at length, under the hill!&lt;br /&gt;O mother quiet, breasts of peace,&lt;br /&gt;Where love itself would faint and cease!&lt;br /&gt;O infinite deep I never knew,&lt;br /&gt;I would come back, come back to you;&lt;br /&gt;Find you, as a pool unstirred,&lt;br /&gt;Kneel down by you, and never a word;&lt;br /&gt;Lay my head, and nothing said,&lt;br /&gt;In your hands, ungarlanded.&lt;br /&gt;And a long watch you would keep;&lt;br /&gt;And I should sleep, and I should sleep!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246587209286053586&quot; style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgassV2f3dp1zoXpfy7_V67tCHpw_ayoXQzC1J3-ZB2_6KbE6GT9IKHvc5WkvfddkHbzsmkP2UQOE6yEuVHd_ezJ3jnJcmQfGGY5AMaR1ZEHLN_2qHX23bSYD6f0kEaYNeE9UYFlXWVj3KF/s400/beach_sunset_picture_t0762.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;</description><link>http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2008/09/retrospect.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sammi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlMKnw0N_24AHbzz2po3ErcRYfJmsUTAfCNJemlTSZAKO47ZT_dJWBRf4UEfnzoatQLotrBIv_BIGqOq3i-z6DaDpRD0Cn-yuSNQ9gWse0RrtIkd8j6PR9OgHR2-3uCn-5Yu5uFbloObk/s72-c/270px-Rupert_Brooke_Q_71073.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-3722768363052379549</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-13T09:13:06.162-07:00</atom:updated><title>My First Love</title><description>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#3333ff;&quot;&gt;by Wislawa Szymborska (1923 -   )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaUaixYOtm5DV5DosjuRR5k2N_dXsm1r61KgZm0-8Y7-x2ZslTnTBsdg2rqJcPjDs4xvTKL54omevXfbvPogO7PLotjswbdZN1BdQelue-wTCdVOj_VC-lBJX4khfW0f98XSNPchyEtU52/s1600-h/260px-Szymborska.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234035607276820034&quot; style=&quot;FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaUaixYOtm5DV5DosjuRR5k2N_dXsm1r61KgZm0-8Y7-x2ZslTnTBsdg2rqJcPjDs4xvTKL54omevXfbvPogO7PLotjswbdZN1BdQelue-wTCdVOj_VC-lBJX4khfW0f98XSNPchyEtU52/s320/260px-Szymborska.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;They say&lt;br /&gt;the first love&#39;s most important.&lt;br /&gt;That&#39;s very romantic,&lt;br /&gt;but not my experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Something was and wasn&#39;t there between us,&lt;br /&gt;something went on and went away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My hands never tremble&lt;br /&gt;when I stumble on silly keepsakes&lt;br /&gt;and a sheaf of letters tied with string&lt;br /&gt;— not even ribbon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our only meeting after years:&lt;br /&gt;two chairs chatting&lt;br /&gt;at a chilly table.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other loves&lt;br /&gt;still breathe deep inside me.&lt;br /&gt;This one&#39;s too short of breath even to sigh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet just exactly as it is,&lt;br /&gt;it does what the others still can&#39;t manage:&lt;br /&gt;unremembered,&lt;br /&gt;not even seen in dreams,&lt;br /&gt;it introduces me to death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234035743509376994&quot; 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style=&quot;FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJXQoC4D26eE2Yp6sxG_3K-46qieOMlDNOAQlsgvg6d6tx8h1EgSVsAnMHMDARlFybzqYzz8ar0fvKR3phiaKRj9zQWuVSNo7vKsEmGMZXk4KwUPb1xsK0CVRpzD9Io9MmzAi_p-Hf9Kp/s200/200px-Walt_Whitman_edit_2.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Passing stranger! you do not know&lt;br /&gt;How longingly I look upon you,&lt;br /&gt;You must be he I was seeking,&lt;br /&gt;Or she I was seeking&lt;br /&gt;(It comes to me as a dream)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have somewhere surely&lt;br /&gt;Lived a life of joy with you,&lt;br /&gt;All is recall&#39;d as we flit by each other,&lt;br /&gt;Fluid, affectionate, chaste, matured,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You grew up with me,&lt;br /&gt;Were a boy with me or a girl with me,&lt;br /&gt;I ate with you and slept with you, your body has become&lt;br /&gt;not yours only nor left my body mine only,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You give me the pleasure of your eyes,&lt;br /&gt;face, flesh as we pass,&lt;br /&gt;You take of my beard, breast, hands,&lt;br /&gt;in return,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you&lt;br /&gt;when I sit alone or wake at night, alone&lt;br /&gt;I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again&lt;br /&gt;I am to see to it that I do not lose you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231832114230104818&quot; 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style=&quot;FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0U0ylp1kfiAJ6FPoO2p6cCr7rSgUQ3jGMlXIGvpbYVJwLUuU6UlKP3CfoKobQxgcwBJv1CvvOft1B4_aVA_41FCqbwKBONGE-iNsIeI03BI7aMIqywQZp0XHhI0cdW9ZTU2Kz9NchRir/s200/199px-Dante-alighieri.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In that book which is&lt;br /&gt;My memory . . .&lt;br /&gt;On the first page&lt;br /&gt;That is the chapter when&lt;br /&gt;I first met you&lt;br /&gt;Appear the words . . .&lt;br /&gt;Here begins a new life&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226263402454822130&quot; style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DGnuFUBVG52RUT-wr6QqdWie8I7Jsc5OP_MhegZtIs0U_6So6MbZGxb_vVwd8qJeSQ6d4ZDLYnCOme_T4mfVvzIYRIFNvvoRFdczoRPRPy6fHhtUfV1Uv5fDp4mRHlH4a_B3_JnQOJz_/s320/openbook.bmp&quot; 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style=&quot;FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYpClFJd8VmDpaX6WOOcWx50p9Nmv6WRKV6yIXojUSYz1yztuosuP8clx4rZ9C8QlUFw82pFTELzroMD7d4_PRNSwiMJccJsMajBH6hti76-sLY4cuEfcoGXXLoKh_YpA6EcGh3lNGv3_u/s320/brennanc.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;If questioning would make us wise&lt;br /&gt;No eyes would ever gaze in eyes;&lt;br /&gt;If all our tale were told in speech&lt;br /&gt;No mouths would wander each to each.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Were spirits free from mortal mesh&lt;br /&gt;And love not bound in hearts of flesh&lt;br /&gt;No aching breasts would yearn to meet&lt;br /&gt;And find their ecstasy complete.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For who is there that lives and knows&lt;br /&gt;The secret powers by which he grows?&lt;br /&gt;Were knowledge all, what were our need&lt;br /&gt;To thrill and faint and sweetly bleed?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then seek not, sweet, the &quot;If&quot; and &quot;Why&quot;&lt;br /&gt;I love you now until I die.&lt;br /&gt;For I must love because I live&lt;br /&gt;And life in me is what you give.</description><link>http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2008/07/because-she-would-ask-me-why-i-loved.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sammi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYpClFJd8VmDpaX6WOOcWx50p9Nmv6WRKV6yIXojUSYz1yztuosuP8clx4rZ9C8QlUFw82pFTELzroMD7d4_PRNSwiMJccJsMajBH6hti76-sLY4cuEfcoGXXLoKh_YpA6EcGh3lNGv3_u/s72-c/brennanc.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-5520475280242609780</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-08T22:15:22.790-08:00</atom:updated><title>A Red, Red Rose</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;color:#3333ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlyeqarbTSMUOBZGPOyiVDUO77eRfauzyBFcvQZo8y_-nusjgFSH9I10ohtHHTXxArJ59vN-xPkNbxi7APohWBJq6aP0fybQX8E6cnW5ECc-iJ2moH9zXSKqSYOR9yWGljUeWeAacNi_k/s1600-h/200px-Robert_burns.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217711732934597314&quot; 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it were ten thousand mile!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217711996291951794&quot; style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMv89MDafzMb2JMM5tKA3D23kbBQqPghJ2S6EnFXVccw81SwDfwLRWNqW9DOpY3PCOuaxEplpEZSshQZW_Cvq-fUkeVvHsh8t5gNp0_8WmA9M6cO59_GwHMDguXYSJwaMT_liGm8gzjNb_/s400/red_rose2.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;</description><link>http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2008/06/red-red-rose.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sammi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlyeqarbTSMUOBZGPOyiVDUO77eRfauzyBFcvQZo8y_-nusjgFSH9I10ohtHHTXxArJ59vN-xPkNbxi7APohWBJq6aP0fybQX8E6cnW5ECc-iJ2moH9zXSKqSYOR9yWGljUeWeAacNi_k/s72-c/200px-Robert_burns.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-1684813000817301678</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-08T22:15:23.359-08:00</atom:updated><title>i carry your heart</title><description>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#3333ff;&quot;&gt;by E.E. Cummings (1894 - 1962) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Ii-P90dyn7E_fCvmv0YKqpmurxQyskyXvT5H_c0weMFMTI0lBG5G3AejpphABz_3Szv0oFxNINRuEHmal8SOLNN8VduyaW2dzZGkfLlahsK9-pRfWcLXjnXff-dg71IEGRobDPSUTcUL/s1600-h/225px-E._E._Cummings_NYWTS.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216583675215958738&quot; style=&quot;FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Ii-P90dyn7E_fCvmv0YKqpmurxQyskyXvT5H_c0weMFMTI0lBG5G3AejpphABz_3Szv0oFxNINRuEHmal8SOLNN8VduyaW2dzZGkfLlahsK9-pRfWcLXjnXff-dg71IEGRobDPSUTcUL/s200/225px-E._E._Cummings_NYWTS.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;i carry your heart with me (i carry it in&lt;br /&gt;my heart)i am never without it (anywhere&lt;br /&gt;i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done&lt;br /&gt;by only me is your doing,my darling)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i fear&lt;br /&gt;no fate (for you are my fate,my sweet) i want&lt;br /&gt;no world (for beautiful you are my world,my true)&lt;br /&gt;and it&#39;s you are whatever a moon has always meant&lt;br /&gt;and whatever a sun will always sing is you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;here is the deepest secret nobody knows&lt;br /&gt;(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud&lt;br /&gt;and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows&lt;br /&gt;higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)&lt;br /&gt;and this is the wonder that&#39;s keeping the stars apart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216583901252201602&quot; style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uBdCuxbUrLYmLVekh40b37VigNhcFo2NsqMg3-Dfu4cdWHKezvOKC5jEePSy29f5wbfhmh762ZqRISgJKlPYnhCih60N2k3dlMqvMfOvvwSJeMeIWj1Yd82LGqwXprPcPgO6-0mcNQRF/s200/il_fullxfull.6452318.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;</description><link>http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2008/06/i-carry-your-heart.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sammi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Ii-P90dyn7E_fCvmv0YKqpmurxQyskyXvT5H_c0weMFMTI0lBG5G3AejpphABz_3Szv0oFxNINRuEHmal8SOLNN8VduyaW2dzZGkfLlahsK9-pRfWcLXjnXff-dg71IEGRobDPSUTcUL/s72-c/225px-E._E._Cummings_NYWTS.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-2912353599444187615</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-08T22:15:23.606-08:00</atom:updated><title>Love And Life</title><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#3333ff;&quot;&gt;by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkx2AfdjzLtmIPUVhnzHBm96oWaVofncYwbJq4BdR8mgmKf7jEHNLuzLoTcL3_MqmvqAPdNIdeUauHyui-K_3RBul-Ebl_RGJDglnm9-ZQBoxZoE7lAsTXi81ZXcdOBq-XyNKSK2geqJC8/s1600-h/225px-John_Wilmot2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215743971731189618&quot; style=&quot;FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkx2AfdjzLtmIPUVhnzHBm96oWaVofncYwbJq4BdR8mgmKf7jEHNLuzLoTcL3_MqmvqAPdNIdeUauHyui-K_3RBul-Ebl_RGJDglnm9-ZQBoxZoE7lAsTXi81ZXcdOBq-XyNKSK2geqJC8/s320/225px-John_Wilmot2.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;All my past life is mine no more;&lt;br /&gt;...The flying hours are gone,&lt;br /&gt;Like transitory dreams given o&#39;er,&lt;br /&gt;Whose images are kept in store&lt;br /&gt;...By memory alone.&lt;br /&gt;The time that is to come is not;&lt;br /&gt;...How can it then be mine?&lt;br /&gt;The present moment&#39;s all my lot;&lt;br /&gt;And that, as fast as it is got,&lt;br /&gt;...Phyllis, is only thine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then talk not of inconstancy,&lt;br /&gt;...False hearts, and broken vows;&lt;br /&gt;If I by miracle can be&lt;br /&gt;This live-long minute true to thee,&lt;br /&gt;...&#39;Tis all that Heaven allows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215744231957063058&quot; 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style=&quot;FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXeKuXoWC5YBxJ7M_8H87iWM1EfkDCBkcZfUZ__BrIBHVVo4O4DoeHY3JIchDMnCSh5ICn9P2LVk18Fb7T6G91FJ8jWBCayuP3LZVTAFFk9xWNJA_4864g2Ms8RbOV1KmzMxRImPWJatj/s320/Christopher_Marlowe.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Come live with me and be&lt;br /&gt;my Love,&lt;br /&gt;And we will all the pleasures&lt;br /&gt;prove&lt;br /&gt;That hills and valleys, dales and&lt;br /&gt;fields,&lt;br /&gt;Or woods or steepy mountain&lt;br /&gt;yields.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And we will sit upon the rocks,&lt;br /&gt;And see the shepherds feed&lt;br /&gt;their flocks&lt;br /&gt;By shallow rivers, to whose falls&lt;br /&gt;Melodious birds sing madrigals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I will make beds of roses&lt;br /&gt;And a thousand fragrant posies;&lt;br /&gt;A cap of flowers, and a kirtle&lt;br /&gt;Embroidered all with of myrtle;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixsOC0V-ivy9zvT_kQydF986Fvj2DN5jqxNW-6taDiCOayuijM6wOHueiVMfn2LXSy_WeB1BqCYb4XS981QGmmVfHeHuyVdqug86-UA4fywkywdfrBEW3j1WeTb5P4NbkvS8vY5yYbIbu/s1600-h/200px-Marlowe_theatre1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215475574847690210&quot; 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style=&quot;FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMsa3u75DAhh_Nt5dK3cQlC4_80Kv6A7YwKv3ytOqMDCnXa1VvO7r5DN1SWBPY6F9jTLaEPWyex8_Hm1mb4ppUNuLaMkMxQZ1PkVtpu-Bvm7iR7d5S1ugqOs4-UwaixBuG9q_ZwBriDJw/s320/anne-bradstreet.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;If ever two were one, then surely we.&lt;br /&gt;If ever man were lov’d by wife, then thee.&lt;br /&gt;If ever wife was happy in a man,&lt;br /&gt;Compare with me, ye women, if you can.&lt;br /&gt;I prize thy love more than whole Mines of gold&lt;br /&gt;Or all the riches that the East doth hold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My love is such that Rivers cannot quench,&lt;br /&gt;Nor ought but love from thee give recompetence.&lt;br /&gt;Thy love is such I can no way repay.&lt;br /&gt;The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.&lt;br /&gt;Then while we live, in love let’s so persever&lt;br /&gt;That when we live no more, we may live ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215061974417525122&quot; style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0iFzB379LuI53XnjTmBxHA_AknLfNtwg4RJ4r8pN_lJzlM3gcAiVNznEWYPsNGVuz6jKy4sTgsGmW2TQHpWgMxjnog0vYRpy5e4VrztcAm3RvkVompyjY67bn96R6wR3ej8FEdjgPcRW6/s320/wedding+rings.bmp&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2008/06/to-my-dear-and-loving-husband.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Sammi)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMsa3u75DAhh_Nt5dK3cQlC4_80Kv6A7YwKv3ytOqMDCnXa1VvO7r5DN1SWBPY6F9jTLaEPWyex8_Hm1mb4ppUNuLaMkMxQZ1PkVtpu-Bvm7iR7d5S1ugqOs4-UwaixBuG9q_ZwBriDJw/s72-c/anne-bradstreet.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-3302748263694995453</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-08T22:15:24.302-08:00</atom:updated><title>When I Have Fears That I May Cease To Be</title><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#3333ff;&quot;&gt;by John Keats (1795 - 1821)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vgDCZ_0oUecLj-bBGKRCCbCFKwO504rGI8gVQl2mIKfh5dBhgk052PeCyqrMw0mVFAqnKjuxMrz4apuIvYuljQLSeSBwpKhUmgHuMxE9dcbo61SixPe0OfJr9Edr5NuGW-Ldu24Xwh0C/s1600-h/200px-John_Keats.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214773300905643666&quot; style=&quot;FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vgDCZ_0oUecLj-bBGKRCCbCFKwO504rGI8gVQl2mIKfh5dBhgk052PeCyqrMw0mVFAqnKjuxMrz4apuIvYuljQLSeSBwpKhUmgHuMxE9dcbo61SixPe0OfJr9Edr5NuGW-Ldu24Xwh0C/s320/200px-John_Keats.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;When I have fears that I may cease to be&lt;br /&gt;Before my pen has glean&#39;d my teeming brain,&lt;br /&gt;Before high-piled books, in charactery,&lt;br /&gt;Hold like rich garners the full ripen&#39;d grain;&lt;br /&gt;When I behold, upon the night&#39;s starr&#39;d face,&lt;br /&gt;Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,&lt;br /&gt;And think that I may never live to trace&lt;br /&gt;Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And when I feel, fair creature of an hour,&lt;br /&gt;That I shall never look upon thee more,&lt;br /&gt;Never have relish in the faery power&lt;br /&gt;Of unreflecting love;--then on the shore&lt;br /&gt;Of the wide world I stand alone, and think&lt;br /&gt;Till love and fame to nothingness do sink. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 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style=&quot;FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBNYR5PQ2GqBWBJjQ5dX8hwoFQwhdXtDwMKlZ5bT022d55sUD4hAMeLRAwZjZDfwRfZfi-5COeWKPqMvUgUkst7buQXplNHSof2gliN2jTCxmtOooKb0T11KryKqCJjfrhFMdZW9rdl7k/s320/200px-George_Gordon_Byron2.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;She walks in beauty, like the night&lt;br /&gt;Of cloudless climes and starry skies;&lt;br /&gt;And all that&#39;s best of dark and bright&lt;br /&gt;Meet in her aspect and her eyes:&lt;br /&gt;Thus mellow&#39;d to that tender light&lt;br /&gt;Which heaven to gaudy day denies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One shade the more, one ray the less,&lt;br /&gt;Had half impair&#39;d the nameless grace&lt;br /&gt;Which waves in every raven tress,&lt;br /&gt;Or softly lightens o&#39;er her face;&lt;br /&gt;Where thoughts serenely sweet express&lt;br /&gt;How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And on that cheek, and o&#39;er that brow,&lt;br /&gt;So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,&lt;br /&gt;The smiles that win, the tints that glow,&lt;br /&gt;But tell of days in goodness spent,&lt;br /&gt;A mind at peace with all below,&lt;br /&gt;A heart whose love is innocent!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214345153932911986&quot; 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