tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post2621649936667282546..comments2024-03-01T21:01:15.174-06:00Comments on Biblical Christianity: Very tangentialDJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-72194900580419433612007-09-17T08:19:00.000-05:002007-09-17T08:19:00.000-05:00I don't like much English-language poetryI find th...<I>I don't like much English-language poetry</I><BR/><BR/>I find this saddening.<BR/><BR/>JOHN MILTON. The [greatest] Poet of the English language. Does <A HREF="http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/pl/book_1/index.shtml" REL="nofollow">Paradise Lost</A> ring a bell? <A HREF="http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/penseroso/index.shtml" REL="nofollow">Il Penseroso</A> and <A HREF="http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/penseroso/index.shtml" REL="nofollow">L'Allegro</A> are the two most amazing poems in the English language. And his <A HREF="http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/sonnets/sonnet_1/index.shtml" REL="nofollow">Sonnets?</A><BR/><BR/>And what about Byron, Hopkins, or Meredith! You're killing me Dan!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-6607293032416157332007-09-15T11:19:00.000-05:002007-09-15T11:19:00.000-05:00Relates a bit to your point (from a Thomas Sowell ...Relates a bit to your point (from a Thomas Sowell article):<BR/><BR/>Once a minister was explaining to me the structure of his funeral orations. He said, "At this point, you are expected to say something good about the deceased. Now, Tom, if I were preaching your funeral, what would I say good about you at that point?" <BR/><BR/>He thought and thought -- for an embarrassingly long time. Finally, he said gravely: "In his research, he always used original sources."Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10294116222599216262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-43617399655767681332007-09-14T14:17:00.000-05:002007-09-14T14:17:00.000-05:00Good for you, Dan! Just like eating Quaker Oats, ...Good for you, Dan! Just like eating Quaker Oats, "it's the right thing to do." ;-)<BR/><BR/>And besides, who knows? Some of your hearers may actually say, "Wow! That was GOOD! I wonder what else [insert name] had to say about the Christian walk?" And now they have the information they need to go find out...threegirldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514416693800430357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-34296515781498145352007-09-14T09:42:00.000-05:002007-09-14T09:42:00.000-05:00"Do you like Kipling?""I dunno I've never kippled...."Do you like Kipling?"<BR/><BR/>"I dunno I've never kippled."<BR/><BR/>Only fond of two poets besides David and that Kippling and Robert Burns.LeeChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540608568274871363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-31707842154603529832007-09-14T07:08:00.000-05:002007-09-14T07:08:00.000-05:00i agree. that's a pet peeve of mine.i agree. that's a pet peeve of mine.David Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12572780147564110421noreply@blogger.com