Sunday, March 20, 2011

Who is Calling the Tune Today?

"A poet is a nightingale who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds; his auditors are as men entranced by the melody of an unseen musician, who feel that they are moved and softened, yet know not whence or why.”
- Percy Shelly, "Defense of Poetry"
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4 comments:

  1. JenMarch 20, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    What a cool Dylan song!
    Z's post a while back got me thinking about and listening to Dylan again.

    On poetry: I am SO grateful. Were it not for the poet, I'd not know how I feel. :-)

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  2. Joe ConservativeMarch 20, 2011 at 12:29 PM

    I love poets, too. I just don't that they make good "Statesmen".

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  3. JenMarch 21, 2011 at 4:35 PM

    I agree. Their romanticism makes for good poetry, but bad governing.

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  4. ThersitesMarch 21, 2011 at 5:42 PM

    Many today would imagine yesterday's "statesmen" to be as reckless... I do not count myself amongst them.

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