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BALLADE AT THIRTY-FIVE
This, no song of an ingénue,
This, no ballad of innocence;
This, the rhyme of a lady who
Followed ever her natural bents.
This, a solo of sapience,
This, a chantey of sophistry,
This, the sum of experiments, --
I loved them until they loved me.
Decked in garments of sable hue,
Daubed with ashes of myriad Lents,
Wearing shower bouquets of rue,
Walk I ever in penitence.
Oft I roam, as my heart repents,
Through God's acre of memory,
Marking stones, in my reverence,
"I loved them until they loved me."
Pictures pass me in long review, --
Marching columns of dead events.
I was tender, and, often, true;
Ever a prey to coincidence.
Always knew I the consequence;
Always saw what the end would be.
We're as Nature has made us - hence
I loved them until they loved me.
This, no song of an ingénue,
This, no ballad of innocence;
This, the rhyme of a lady who
Followed ever her natural bents.
This, a solo of sapience,
This, a chantey of sophistry,
This, the sum of experiments, --
I loved them until they loved me.
Decked in garments of sable hue,
Daubed with ashes of myriad Lents,
Wearing shower bouquets of rue,
Walk I ever in penitence.
Oft I roam, as my heart repents,
Through God's acre of memory,
Marking stones, in my reverence,
"I loved them until they loved me."
Pictures pass me in long review, --
Marching columns of dead events.
I was tender, and, often, true;
Ever a prey to coincidence.
Always knew I the consequence;
Always saw what the end would be.
We're as Nature has made us - hence
I loved them until they loved me.
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Date: 2004-08-20 11:10 pm (UTC)From:"Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Roumania."
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Date: 2004-08-21 03:55 pm (UTC)From:I hope all is well with you and you have fun your first week of College. I have been so overwhelmed with my crazy life that I just haven't had a clear thought to tell you how excited I am for you! I know the last few posts of yours have been both stressed, happy , sad and excited all together. Just know Happy Thoughts are being sent your way daily even if I don't comment as much as I would like.
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Date: 2004-08-21 07:35 am (UTC)From:http://www.parkbenchproductions.com/about_us.cfm
:)
Not to mention, it helps my mental image of her ever time I see Jennifer Jason Leigh playing her in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle.
Wow!
Date: 2004-08-21 04:00 pm (UTC)From:I love Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle! I hope they put it on DVD soon!
Hope all is well for you and Gadget after all the storms out in FL.
If you ever make it out this way we shall have to have lunch or something in honor of ParkBench.